"Brian Windhorst: That NBA players have taken themselves out of games, allegedly to win "under" prop bets, and that people with inside knowledge have leaked information about player availability before it was made public. According to the case filing, between December 2022 and March 2024, a group of co-conspirators placed bets on at least seven NBA games using nonpublic information. Those games involved the Charlotte Hornets, Orlando Magic, Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Lakers and Toronto Raptors."
"On Thursday, Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former NBA player and coach Damon Jones were indicted in a pair of sweeping federal investigations into illegal sports betting and rigged poker games. What are the two cases? Doug Greenberg: Though they both involve current and former NBA players, the FBI made clear in its news conference that these are two separate cases, albeit with some overlap."
Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier and Damon Jones were indicted in federal probes into illegal sports betting and alleged rigged poker games. Two separate but overlapping investigations are described: one concerns betting on NBA games using nonpublic insider information from players and coaches, and the other concerns rigging high-stakes, Mafia-associated poker games by enticing high rollers to play with former NBA players. Between December 2022 and March 2024, co-conspirators allegedly placed bets on at least seven NBA games using nonpublic information. Rozier is accused of sharing inside information, removing himself early from a game, and profiting from bets; Jones allegedly sold player-availability information.
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