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FBI announces arrests in NBA-linked betting probe and Mafia-backed poker scheme

October 24, 2025 Petra Hartmann 事实核查

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn on Thursday, October 23, 2025, unsealed two indictments tied to illegal gambling, charging more than 30 people across 11 states — including Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier — in alleged insider sports-betting and rigged high‑stakes poker schemes with links to La Cosa Nostra.