Trail Blazers Coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat’s Terry Rozier And Former CAV Damon Jones Arrested In Federal Gambling Investigation [VIDEO]

You see gambling advertisement during sporting events now when gambling and sports was a major no, no.  So one would think with these new gambling apps, plus casinos are almost everywhere and celebrities (including athletes) getting behind them we wouldn’t hear about illegal gambling.  Just like there is a thin line between love and hate, there evidently is one somewhere in gambling and it has found it’s way into professional sports and not for the good.  Reportedly Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat’s Terry Rozier and former Cleveland Cavalier were among 31 people that were arrested in a Federal gambling investigation.

As part of a sweeping investigation into illegal sports gambling and poker rigging schemes allegedly backed by the Mafia, Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former Cleveland Cavalier Damon Jones amongst 30 people across, 11 states on charges were slapped with federal charges that include wire fraud, money laundering, extortion, robbery and illegal gambling.  High-tech cheating technology was allegedly used to steal millions of dollars from secretly rigged underground poker games allegedly backed by the Bonanno, Gambino, and Genovese crime families.

Law enforcement’s interest in Billups comes four months after another NBA star, Gilbert Arenas, was arrested and indicted back in July along with  five others, including a suspected Israeli mob figure, operated an illegal gambling business from 2021 to 2022 by allegedly running high-stakes underground poker games out of his Encino mansion.  Allegedly Arenas rented the house out and had it staged for the games, which featured chefs, valets, armed security, and even young women offering massages and “companionship.” Players were charged per pot, and the house collected a cut.  Reportedly Gilbert Arenas was facing charges for conspiracy, illegal gambling, and lying to investigators. If convicted, he would face up to five years in federal prison for each count.

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