88 m. ago NBA podcaster Zach Lowe warns that ‘prop bets are an absolute menace’ right after touting them in FanDuel ad spot

‘Everyone is in bed with the sports betting companies We’re all complicit,’ Zach Lowe acknowledged on his podcast.

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2 h. ago NBA gambling scandal shines harsh light on US sports’ embrace of betting

Two sweeping federal indictments have implicated big names in basketball and raised uncomfortable questions about who benefits from legalized gamblingThe NBA gambling scandal is the biggest story of the year in US sports, a culmination of the years-long embrace between professional leagues and the multibillion-dollar gambling industry that has now crossed the line from synergy into scandal.In two sweeping federal indictments unsealed in Brooklyn on Thursday, prosecutors charged more than 30 people – including the Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and former NBA player and assistant Damon Jones – with schemes that turned inside information and rigged card games into engines of profit for organized crime. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago ‘Next Hall of Fame player arrested for illegal gambling’: Wagering site takes prop bets over NBA Mafia scandal

More than 31 people were arrested across two indictments following a sprawling FBI investigation

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11 h. ago The NBA jumped into bed with gambling. Now the league is getting its due

The arrests of a prominent coach and player on Thursday were depressing but it is hard to have sympathy with a league that has embraced gamblingThe NBA scoreboard has turned into a stock ticker. Crowd chants, but half of them are watching their parlays instead of the play. Somewhere a coach calls timeout; somewhere else a bookmaker grins. This was always coming. The NBA invited gambling to the game when it signed lucrative sponsorship deals and paved the way for odds and offers to be splashed over our TV screens during games. So when the FBI finally showed up on Thursday, they were simply collecting the rent.Portland head coach Chauncey Billups, whose playing career ended with his induction in the hall of fame, and Miami guard Terry Rozier were arrested Thursday in connection with an FBI investigation into allegations of illegal gambling and rigged poker games. Former player and assistant coach Damon Jones, who allegedly provided “inside information” about NBA games to bettors, was ...

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21 h. ago Stephen A Smith claims NBA gambling bust is part of Trump’s ‘revenge’ and to distract from protests in wild rant

‘Don’t be surprised if the WNBA is next on his list,’ Smith said of the president, adding, ‘This man is coming’

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21 h. ago Chauncey Billups appears in court after arrest over alleged Mafia

Follow all the live updates from the FBI's press conference into the ongoing NBA gambling investigation, after Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier were arrested on Thursday morning.

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24 h. ago How it Worked: Bets flowed after NBA player told pal he'd skip much of game, indictment says

An indictment says gambling money flowed after NBA player Terry Rozier told a pal that he would be exiting early from a game with the Charlotte Hornets in 2023

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24 h. ago Chauncey Billups is dumped by Portland Trail Blazers as chilling mafia messages are revealed in NBA gambling scandal: Live updates

Follow all the live updates from the FBI's press conference into the ongoing NBA gambling investigation, after Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier were arrested on Thursday morning.

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24 h. ago Handcuffed NBA star puts $6M property up for bond as he appears in court amid FBI Mafia probe: Live

FBI director Kash Patel alleged that stars including Chauncey Billups and Damon Jones were involved in the rigged poker rings, and accused Miami Heat star Terry Rozier of using ‘non public information’ to help friends bet

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27 h. ago LeBron James dragged into NBA mafia gambling scandal after his private information is 'leaked' as Chauncey Billups and Heat star are suspended: Live updates

Follow all the live updates from the FBI's press conference into the ongoing NBA gambling investigation, after Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier were arrested on Thursday morning.

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27 h. ago LeBron James’s arrested coach sold his injury information as part of NBA

Stunning indictments see household NBA names and alleged members of New York's notorious Mafia families arrested over 'mind-boggling' scams involving rigged poker games and a faked on-court injury

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28 h. ago NBA superstars and mafia among 31 arrested as part of major illegal gambling crackdown in United States

Chauncy Billups, Terry Rozier and Damon Jones are among those detained in separate, but related, cases

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29 h. ago NBA’s Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier arrested as FBI details multimillion

Stunning indictments see household NBA names and alleged members of New York's notorious mafia families arrested over 'mind-boggling' scams involving rigged poker games and a faked on-court injury

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29 h. ago NBA player and head coach among 30 arrested in illegal US gambling investigation

FBI says years-long operation that led to arrest of Heat’s Terry Rozier and Trail Blazers’ Chauncey Billups also connected to mafia families Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups have been arrested in connection with a sweeping federal investigation into illegal gambling, authorities announced on Thursday.“Today, we are here in New York to announce a historic arrest across a wide sweeping criminal enterprise,” the FBI director, Kash Patel, said at a news conference on Thursday. “This is an illegal gambling operation and sports rigging operation that spanned the course of years.” Continue reading...

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30 h. ago NBA arrests live updates: Billups and Rozier arrests rock basketball as FBI probes gambling ring and mafia links

Miami Heat star Terry Rozier was arrested Thursday morning, as was Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncy Billups, who was picked up as part of a separate federal investigation

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31 h. ago NBA star and head coach arrested in gambling probes as FBI arrests have potential to rock the sport

Miami Heat star Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups, head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, were both arrested Thursday morning

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31 h. ago NBA star and head coach both arrested in FBI gambling probe that could rock the sport

Miami Heat star Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups, head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, were both arrested Thursday morning

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2 w. ago Renck & File: Broncos will be embraced at Tottenham, but NFL remains niche sport in London

Renck & File: Broncos will be embraced at Tottenham, but NFL remains niche sport in London  The Denver Post

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