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There is a recent illegal gambling crackdown in the US, which involved NBA stars and some mafia organisations, which has led to the arrest of about thirty people. These fraudsters used sophisticated technology to rig games and cheat victims.


They also used self-shuffling machines to engage in these criminal activities.


As technology advances, gambling fraudsters are adopting it to carry out their evil acts.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nba-arrests-rigged-poker-games-crime-families-fbi/

This is expected longer before now, gambling is gaining public attentions and for such a service there will definitely be people working tirelessly just to cheat others just as we have fraudulent casinos so we have other bad actors looking for chances to cheat in whatever ways.

But the bigger question is, will they suicide for long?

Can technology tools like chips and bots act as instruments to cheat the game processes for long?

They failed in the past i believe it wont succeed either in this present time.

I'm quite surprise that even NBA superstars are even involved in this modus. Apparently we probably foreseen this coming as tech keeps innovating we could expect that these will be applied to evil deeds such as this. Sometimes when I discover such progress like the use of AI Im bit worried that it could be use to something harmful or worse cases like this.

With money involved especially on gambling environment, I assume many news like this will broke out more in the future.

As we already know before now that this cheating is almost everywhere nowadays. Talking about the advantaged technologies z many have used it for good purpose and some are busy using it for the wrong purpose but trusth be told that the main intention for making technologies very advanced is not for the use. However, cheating have been in gamble before now but I haven't heard about this pattern of cheating before in a poker game. It seems gamblers should be careful this time around so that they won't cheat them under their nose.
Actually, I believe that the more people are cheating the system, the more the house are improving their system so that it will be more difficult for people to cheat them in the future.

That is such an elaborate and complicated set up, they must have been engaging some really high rollers to make that all worthwhile. The way that's described makes it seem like they didn't know exactly who had the best hand (but with this level of sophistication it seems like they would) but enough that they could try to win the round. I wonder how many people they were able to sting because when you go to these sorts of games as a pro poker player 2-3 times, you must surely feel that something is "off" when playing against unknowns that keep beating you. It makes you wonder why anyone would bother joining these sort of backroom games, if they're high rollers it makes much more sense to go to one of the many regulated poker rooms around.

As they cheat the systems, they forget that the companies who developed these systems also has the capacity to develop detection tools that will raise a red flag whenever there is suspicious activity.
Even the use of AI in betting can be detected too and that goes to show that a time may come when AI will become so advanced and would be used by gamblers to better their lot and also used by the companies to detect cheaters, match riggers and manipulation in their system.

Looks like a movie plot. :o

These high rollers got some kind of fantasy to go with unregulated gambling operations rather than the legitimate ones, which I can't understand though.

What a shocking way of cheating in the casino. This is not only works against the casino rather this can be use by shady casino to rigged players too especially on blackjack.

With this technology revelation, casino can know what’s the exact distribution of cards on the deck meaning they can add a bot player to change the flow pf the cards to work in favor of the house.

This means even physical card games can be rigged now even with sophisticated card shuffling machine.

It's no wonder, scams and thefts will never cease to exist, thieves will always find new ways to take advantage in the game, it's almost like a row of dominoes falling non-stop one after the other, the important thing is to quickly identify this type of strategies and combat it before it's too late, everything evolves over time, even crimes, I think that if these people used their ingenuity for good instead of using it for evil they could have a better life in the long run, and without a doubt the world would be a better place for everyone.

Gambling business is not an anyhow managed business, their can never survive that way, infact their are ahead of everything you can think of from being tricky to avoid losing to the gambler.

Their can easily detect anything that is not human on their site without losing sleep infact is auto detection for them, so as the tools are developed so is casinos developing anti cheating tools to combat them.

Isn't this related to the arrest of former NBA star Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat player Terry Rozier, which was recently reported?  
Dang! This syndicated activity sounds like a scene in a movie, like a James Bond type of movie. Especially the eyewear that could read cards even if it's facing the other way.
I think nobody knows how long this has been going on. They just recently found out, maybe because the pawns who played for the syndicate didn't play their part very well. Someone must have felt something was off with the people who consistently managed their cards very well, and this led to a deep investigation.
Such bad news for the NBA again. There have been so many reports about NBA players who have been caught related in illegal gambling. I don't think they are underpaid to be desperately engaging in such acts.

The article reads that there is one case involving sports betting, but they didn't provide further information on how they perpetrated the sports betting scam. I am interested to know how they pulled off the sports bet scam.

However, this is a very sophisticated Poker scam and there are big name NBA players involved in this, it makes the case even more interesting. This is a really sophisticated scam and the scammers must have really spent a lot to put it all together, but it is worth it since they make tens and hundreds of thousands in just a single game, according to the article. I will be following this case closely, at least they are innocent until proven guilty.

I'm not surprised at all.  They probably like to gamble more than average people and have reputations at stake that can be used against them.  The mob probably got them in over their head with gambling debts and then offered them the opportunity to lure in other gamblers as a way to clear their debt.  Rich guys probably liked the idea of gambling with sports celebrities which made them especially valuable lures. 

A shame to see some of the names involved though.

I am not surprised that all these are happening. In fact, it is even happening very fast because the rate at which technology improves or advances, makes it more easier for people to use it for their own personal interest.
One thing we should know is that fraudsters, scammers and cheaters always look for a way to cheat the process in whatever they do and hearing this doesn't sound anything new to me. Although the tech used in this cheating process is so sophisticated a d why it is so is because it involves a huge amount of money at stake do they can do whatever they want as long as it would give them the desired results, they have nothing to worry about it. We should expect more of this technology used for cheating to be produced and as long as the system still exists they would always improvise to their fraud schemes.

You can suspect that someone is rigging the game if you are a skilled poker player while other player that involved on this scam play well against you like reading your card.

Experiencing it over many years and the fact that some user have some tool like contact lens to pull the trick will surely commit a notice mistake in due time.

I’m surprised that a prominent NBA player will be involved on this kind scam given that they earn huge on their career.

Yes, a James Bond movie where the spies have reached the next technological level.

I wasn't aware about such practices yet, but if they were already spotted once, it means there must be many other cheaters applying the same techniques right now on many other casinos. And casinos aren't prepared to deal with this threat yet, so it's possible they lose some big amounts of money to cheaters yet.

With abundant technology and information nowadays, services have to adapt themselves instantly to the new tendencies, otherwise, besides losing to their competitors, they may also fall victims of scammers or cheaters.

When it comes to reading shufflers, it's basically what they are doing with ATMs installing small cameras. A camera can register more frames per second than the human eye, so this is easy, You can run everything through simple software that assigns a letter or a number to a card it reads and then sends the whole sequence to someone's phone, like 9 2 K 5 A and so on, so as long as you count the cards dealt you know exactly what every player gets.

I'm not surprised at all because back in 1920 they were installing electromagnets in roulette tables, so technology was being used to cheat for more than 100 years.

The fact that this crime has been going on for 6 years without being discovered despite that the games was played in top cities is really mind blowing because I am still wondering how they have been able to last this long in such a hefty crime. For justice to be served very well to my satisfaction, I really wished the prosecutors and FBI can make all of these people to produce the money that they have scammed from players since 2019 when they started till this year and after which be sent to jail. I feel pity for the innocent customers that must have put all their trust on this casino only to discover that they have been always duped by the game organizers.

This kind of thing seems to continue to happen, it is difficult to eradicate cheating in gambling, it is common for us to hear that there is a proverb that I heard "gambling = dishonest) and that is true if the bookies are honest it seems their business is not running smoothly, there is no honesty in gambling from either the players or the bookies

Because there is no whistleblower during those times.  I don't believe that the authority, or the player had discovered it themselves.  There should be one whistleblower to uncover the plot.


The story setting  seems a sci-fi movie.  Those perpetrators are really smart to use technology to cheat against their unsuspecting players, with those technology that can read marks of cards is really astonishing, I think those are pre-made and can be used on that set alone.  I wonder how much these perpetrator spent on these cheat set.  Probably there is even bigger person behind the arrested people.

I was reading this story about this betting scandal in the NBA. And I must say that this is very bad if actually it is true because I leant that, the FBI is involved and has already made some arrest. If found guilty by a competent court of authority with the right evidence these people who has tuned this organized scheme should face the appropriate sanctions. Because this is not only bad to the sport as a whole but also to gambling because the Gambling public are the once on the losing end.Using sophisticated tools like this in fixing game's in the NBA  is not a good one.

Poker games can be easily be manipulated. It has many loop holes that people can take advantage of. Most especially the casino owner, they can alter the games using the table and many other ways. I am not surprised with this news, in fact I expect more to be done poker games. Irrespective of technology I have also see individua's on the table find way to cheat other players.

On the other hand, I'm not surprised by it. If someone can pull this off, it should be a person that has a lot of money in the beginning. It's just very unfortunate that a current coach and players are involved in rigging and cheating their ways to make millions.

We've already one scandal in the poker world wherein a player is using data to have a advantage to make the right decision.

But this one is very different, it's all high technology and you the players might have suspected it already but it's hard to proved in the beginning that why this modus ran for many years until someone might have spill the beans to the authorities.

I got interested when I saw some NBA names mentioned in that case, even though it was about rigged poker games. Their reputation definitely took a hit because of it, if they can be involved in something like that, it raises questions about what else they could influence.

Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups were both mentioned, and if I’m not mistaken, Billups is still active as the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers. That makes it even more concerning since he actually has the power to affect games. Makes me wonder if that game yesterday was rigged too, although they lost, but they still managed to cover the +0.5 spread.

Gambling industry is gaining a lot of attention and many people have seen it as place to make quick money. They gamble their way through in order to see themselves hit the jackpot. The casino is always the one that’s always hoping that you lose as it’s their own way of generating profit from the casino. It is not surprising that scammers have taken advantage of the people’s interest in gambling into scamming them off their money using advance technological tools to rig the game.

One may doubt sometimes how this casinos make a lot of money, but with actions been taken on them, we'll get to know the legit ones from the scam ones exploiting their customers. It is a shame that we have NBA players been part of this scam, they’ve really tarnished their reputations and also shows how eagerly people can go in order to make money in this generation. They’re not suppose to take part in gambling activity, not more of them being part of a fraud scandal in gambling.

Of course things like this are expected to happened rarely as technology advances, I'm sure the engagement gambling industry has in this recent day and time has increased the potential of rigs happening, people who are involved like the coaches and players are only victim even though it's by choice but then it's a well cordinated action involving a lot of influecial people but would not likely be mentioned in the raids, people want to make money over night so they don't consider the effect on the victim. This is the reason why most of the casino are considered scam by some even though they may not be.

I thought this was exclusive to the house only, cameras in some of these tables, it’s not an easy thing to archive if the house isn’t in on it. The house have seen far too many tricks like these and have created a good number of them itself.

The glasses though, it’s surely something that was sure to follow in this era of smart glasses, spy glasses and AI dominated hardwares. This makes online gambling the more favorable for bets and even then, it still addresses concerns of fair play, even better.

The funny thing is, the people that are involved in this scheme are the ones whom we consider as already rich and established.

Mafia organizations? NBA stars? I mean, these people have all the resources at their disposal and they opted to choose on using technology to win their bets? This is not just a case of cheating in gambling but also a problem leading to their addiction.

With that being said, I am surprised to see that there exist such technology that is capable of having x-ray vision in cards and auto shuffling. Probably more land-based casinos would be stringent in terms of security and implementation of their rules/regulations.

I have heard some very surreal stories about gambling crime rings on YouTube channels and podcasts, but this is one of the most unbelievable ones because of the hi-tech they were using and the involvement of professional athletes and organized crime organizations.

According to the news story, victims were cheated out of $7 million dollars in 6 years, which is not a lot for such a high profile case. The involvement of multiple federal agencies seems excessive and so does holding a televised news conference to make the announcement. Kash Patel loves the attention, but he should be focusing on more serious matters like the Jeffrey Epstein case.

That is clear because those who can use the technology will get the benefit. They will set their target using their technology without the owner or their securities knowing so they will get the money easily.

I am not surprised to see this because the cheaters will always try to trick casinos and benefit from their technology. That has been happening for a long time ago and luckily, they can use the advanced technology.

But I am surprised why NBA  stars are involved in this case? But no one knows their reason.

But I can't believed that these guys inspite of their status will only have debts. They earning big on their profession and this seems to be impossible that they got a huge debt. Anyway really sad to see that this kind of incident has been occuring and busted. I wonder how long this happening already and just caught just now.

Many people are involved in gambling who are never suspected of being involved in gambling. However, I have seen some people borrow money from many people to gamble and lose the money and stop communicating with those people. Many people start gambling with their thoughts about how they can win a lot of money.

Probably someone who did not get a fair share, although cheating should not be allowed both in player or even the one running it, that should not be the case, i have watch movies cheating casino's  to win, but for sure there is someone doing it in real-life because how will someone show that if its not happening, i have also watch some kind of docu where there is this three person team who watches everything and then do some testing on how to cheat the game, although not sure if its 100% true or just a fake docu.

This means that fraudsters, following development patterns with strong ambitions, must still know the loopholes better than the casino owners themselves. In this case, the casino should hold a competition inviting special-class gamblers to play, offering attractive prizes before the launch of their new product. The result will be new insights and greater protection from various elements that could harm the casino itself. Internal personnel must also be kept clean and protected from collaboration with them.

NBA players again. Not shocked anymore.

Chauncey Billups is still a coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, which means there's money coming in. I don't think there's a need to gamble or cheat, but what the heck. Damon Jones was a former Cavaliers player and assistant coach.

Terry Rozier is still under contract with the Miami Heat, and this was actually the surprising part because he was allegedly cheating in sports betting. I mean, didn't they learned the lesson? A group of NBA players was just recently caught doing the same thing. Are millions of dollars in contracts really not enough?

It's not just technology that was used. I think Rozier used his NBA connections to cheat. So, they will have to be stricter with their rules and security.

If there are bugs or loopholes found from using a gambling platform, we may extend the information to them and help them by bringing their attention on it, we should not take it as an avenue for us to unleashed the other side of us and ripped them off their money, we haven't first put ourselves in their shoes, of we are running a business, can we afford such happening to us, maybe we are now seeing some of the reasons some user accounts got banned from the casino after being detected on acts like this.

Unfortunately only around 30 people across 11 states have been arrested in this sting and like hundreds or thousands more involved or operating their own con. We all kinda knew/know that there's cheating going on in sports. Need to see some harsh penalties handed down if convicted to deter others from engaging in this shit.

Greed might have contributed to their involvement in this disgraceful act. When people live above their means they can do anything to maintain the lifestyle. Sadly, they have destroyed a career that took them many years of hard work to build. Sadly, a star like Chauncey Billups will risk a successful career for this scam. Investigations are still ongoing, and how long it has lasted and the number of victims and how much was lost might be revealed in the future.

You're right, technology will keep advancing, the reason why technology will continue to advance is because this kind of thing, the house will not want any player to outmart them, the same goes to the players, so I agree with you that difference tools will continue to surface in the gambling settings so as to balance things between the gamblers and the house and as we speak may be individuals or casinos are considering this approach but what we also need to ask is that if casinos are the once to hire people this tools, will this be neutral in finding out who cheats whether the house or the players, or will it just favour the house alone, although i think it will be an unbiased system that will handle issues they way they are without favouring any side.

I remember someone told me that roulettes on a particular casino were manipulated via magnets. I'm not surprised that technology can be used for cheating in almost every gambling game. The land based casinos aren't more legit and trusted than the online gambling industry.
This is a never ending battle between the shady casino owners and the authorities. Such news destroy the reputation of the entire gambling industry(both fiat and crypto, online and offline). It would take a lot of effort for some casinos to build trust and bring back some of the gamblers.

Scams are everywhere and they are being more innovative by manipulating technology to cheat and steal from people, there is always a loophole somewhere for them to take advantage. I am not too surprised that athletes who are supposed to portray good public image will be part of these recent schemes because some of them have been caught in match fixings. I hope that more of these revelations will expose the criminals and retain trust in the gambling industry, there is nothing as bad as gambling and having the feeling that maybe somebody somewhere is rigging the game.

It took long before this news come, I have expected it earlier than now because I believe that the technology will come that will be able to view cards and crack some codes since they are also build on technology. So scammers are now everywhere including in casino?

The casino platform will not also stay and be looking, they will act against it as soon as possible, so it can’t be for long. But they will keep trying since they have started succeeding. The only game they can’t temper with is ongoing live game like sport games, unless if they have planned it before the game.

This has been the case since early days, if you have seen a movie very much to Casino Royale where they impact a very rich person to bet on number six by showing him this number anywhere, in the elevator, in his hotel room, in everything that he saw for more than a month and when he got to bet on horse races he immediately chose number six which was a fraud to him, his mind only thought about number six all this time and bet on it. Now more advanced mechanisms are being used but the end result is the same, they want to rob or scam people by using these tricks. If NBA high profile people are involved they need to go directly to jail if we really want to stop these kind of scams.

I'm not surprised about this. Gambling is about making money and this kind of stories keep making the point stronger that gambling is not just done for the fun of it. If it is for fun then gamblers won't need to research on high tech to beat systems that they are playing under.

I mean, it is very possible to read cards with high tech mechanism or cameras, it is only to penetrate the cards to know the outcomes in it. This is not new because we have seen match fixing in football.


Maybe this strategy has been bursted but we all know that scammers and cheaters never rest in their antics to continue with victimazing innocent people or players. I have watched some mafia films and you see both teams try to outsmart the other. Cheaters will always continue to look for means to take advantage of the system.

Yeah, I don't think though that there have been cases before like this one. The thing with what we have seen is that it involves NBA personalities and the mafias that's why the magnitude of the rigging and cheating has been known to the public.

So the damage for this NBA players and coach are irreplacable. There reputation has been ruined and they could go to jail. The victims too might be feeling angry that they have been cheated with millions here.

This is serious and shows that the world have gone rogue. If they can do this in poker games, that means they can also do it in many other games including sports betting. I have been dismissal about match fixing but with the latest happenings in gambling, I have no doubt that such crime is now at an alarming rate and the perpetrators might have just found a way to use technology to evade being caught.

like seriously it is kinda cr*zy how far people will go just to cheat!! using smart glasses and hidden tech like that sounds like something out of a movie. i agree !! if the casino is not somehow involved then pulling this off would be really hard. it is wild to think the same tools used for security or fun can be turned into cheating devices. online gambling might actually be safer in some ways since it is harder to sneak in physical tricks like these.

For Terry somehow people expect that this situation might happen since his name always floating up towards this illegal gambling controversy.

But for Billups I got surprised when I read the news that he's been arrested for  illegal gambling matters. Also looks like he's really facing serious issue and now with these two cases NBA players are provably subject for some investigation due to this situation happened to this players.

Crazy that these successful people exchange their fame and future for that illegal activities.

Honestly, it is not possible to completely eliminate fraud, especially when technology becomes their tool. Another thing is that AI is now so advanced and widespread that it is now very difficult to understand what is wrong and what is right through it. I now look at their trust rating and user reviews before playing on any platform. I trust the sites whose signature campaigns are running on our forum. It takes years to build trust, a single incident is enough to break it.

This is shocking report of how dangerous modern crime has become as organized groups, supposedly made up of mafia members and NBA stars, use advanced technology to take away all luck in gambling. Their cheating ways are very bad as they use special glasses to see marked cards, X-ray tables to view face down cards and changed shuffling machines that guess best hand and all this information is sent to player. Case is strong warning that gambling against law is no longer simple thing. It has become high tech business that cruelly steals millions of dollars, which proves that criminals will never miss chance to use latest technology to commit bad deeds with goal of making money.

As technology advances, cheaters and hackers also develop their methods. They never stop because, in their nature, they cannot play fair or earn legitimate money. Therefore, they constantly evolve their methods, searching for loopholes to exploit.

I am surprised at how much time these cheaters and hackers spend developing their skills to ultimately use them to earn money illegally, when they could have used these skills to earn money legally.

They have simply refined the technique, but scams of this kind have always existed, in Italy Slot Machines are directly connected to the Government and have limited operation, after a certain time they do not have to work.
A few months ago in Milan they reported the owners because after midnight they disconnected the connection with the Revenue Agency and continued to collect illegally.
Where there is Money in the middle, people become vile and petty, it has always been like this and unfortunately always will be.

Nothing surprising. Any technology, and especially if it is a new technology, is always used for crimes in the first place. For example, AI is actively used by scammers to fake voice and video. It is completely useless to fight this. Even the fear of criminal punishment has not stopped criminals throughout the history of mankind. Of course, criminals must be caught and criminalized. However, criminal punishment has lost its frightening meaning for some reason.

I honestly had no idea about this one, maybe I just don’t read the news that much.
What I only know is that the well-known gamblers in the NBA are Jordan and Barkley, those old legends who were really into gambling before, but still ended up rich anyway.

As for Terry, he was a solid player. Last time I remember, he was playing with the Celtics, IIRC.

Since he’s already been caught, I just hope the investigation continues, maybe they’ll uncover more and find real evidence that game rigging in the NBA is actually happening.
I’ve heard those conspiracy theories before, but so far, nothing’s been proven yet.

What’s surprising here is the people behind the crime. We’re talking about NBA players who earn millions, yet they still got involved in this. It’s honestly a disgrace to them, and I just hope the NBA won’t tolerate it because this kind of thing can really hurt their image, especially when sports betting itself brings a huge amount of money into the gambling industry worldwide.

Well this is something I have only seen in movies, at some point in time I have actually thought about it being possible but never did I think that people would have already been using it.

Well, with the way technology has advanced it’s no longer surprising that gmablers who are aiming for millions of dollars would invest their money in such technology so that they can increase the rate or their profits and make the most out of it.

I don’t think this whole cheating method has spread too far because if it had a lot of those gambling companies would have started putting things in order so as to prevent it or try to stop it from happening in their business.

My concern right now, is the fact that this kind of cheating is happening on the big leagues if where to be a very minor league or game then I would understand with the rigging but it's international and cheating which means people who have been trusting the NBA and the big football clubs might be at risk of not knowing if they are being cheated or not, it very insane and probably publicizing their punish will help alot in the industry.

I don't think this situation is new as similar incidents have occurred before not just in the NBA but also in soccer. For example Tonali's case caused problems for himself and his new club Newcastle a few seasons ago.

Therefore, this situation is difficult to resolve as it will undoubtedly persist. Ideally sports should be clean and uphold sportsmanship but ultimately situations like this cannot be prevented as sports have become a fertile ground for gambling and perhaps even illegal gambling generates far greater profits.
It's difficult to change this situation especially when it involves underworld issues where the situation is far more dangerous than regular gambling.

Am not surprised, this is just like the case of the 1xshit casino too that was recently exposed and many high profile persons were exposed, now comes this too which is what we always talk about here most the time that there's possibility that any casino could involve in cheating  but we should play in reputable casino but now even reputation doesn't matter to some persons again, greed has eaten up their soul. If these people actually had human mind, they should have stop this evil act but they enjoyed stealing from the hustle of others forgetting that nothing can be hidden under the sun. I'm happy this was exposed.

I'm curious about this part. If the co-conspirator is at the table and the information is sent via cellphone, wouldn't it be suspicious if someone frequently looks at their phone? Or is the information is an audio and is being listened to using a wireless earphone?

Also, regarding the NBA superstar, how dumb do you have to be to risk your career for gambling. Greed really does cloud people's actions.

Will they ...what?  ;D


Bruh....
It was private poker games in which former and current NBA players took part.
The rigging was not on NBA games or on any sport or actual casino!
It was on completely private on invitation-only poker tables!

It's now a normal that if gamblers are not cheated through the abuse of technology, they find a way to walk around the technology to their own advantage. The idea is now to try and outsmart the system or alternatively allow the system to outsmart you which is a bad place to find ourselves in a technological driven world.

If you find out one way gamblers are cheating, they will with time device another means of doing same with a strategy that's not yet found out. The cost of getting this kind of glass that is this sophisticated will make it impossible for an average person to engage in this kind of cheating.

How come cheating is normal nowadays. If this true then casino industry shouldn’t be thriving since many user manage to drain funds from them through cheating.

Cheating is a rare case and not everyday you can exploit a casino since they use a close source code on most of their game and provably fair on original games to make everything hard to exploit by user.

I am not surprised if that happens because with the growth of the technologies, some people use this way to make money from the casinos and trick them. They can do many things with their technology and the casinos will never think. Maybe more cases will show up where they used the advance technologies to trick the casinos. It will become a war between casinos and gambling fraudsters. One will want to take the money while the casinos want to protect their business. If the casinos can't develop better security, their place will be the next target for other gambling fraudsters.

cheating has always been attempted by many even from before only through different methods but now cheating has been made easier through technology since technology keeps being smarter every day
like i said technology is being smarter these days and if the casinos do not take steps forward to be ahead of the players then they will truly be taken advantage of

So the X-ray vision is now for real because of these fraudsters. They've made it into reality just for the sake of cheating the games.

It's because the systems has been also using technology and they have to advance with that as well.

So, if it's about the cheaters, they'll continue to find a way but as the casinos becoming stronger and stable, they'll also combat these that keeps on finding loopholes and potential glitches.

In fact, the basic aim of creating good technology is to make it easier for people to have wider internet access, but not least thanks to technological advances, sometimes irresponsible people, Mafia uses technology in algorithmic personalization, of course this can influence the behavior of those who are irresponsible and act criminally against users on online or offline gambling platforms, I the quick action of the US authorities needs to be stamped against manipulation behavior in gambling activities.

However, I support the US authorities in eradicating the mafia or illegal gambling which really disturbs users in carrying out gambling activities.

It is not only their fault that far from poor people (but rather rich people) have become victims of their own greed. There is also the fault of "social ideology." If people are raised in such a way that only money is the measure of success, and in an amount far beyond their needs, then such people are ready for any crime, because the severity of the crime is determined only by the amount of money. As a result, instead of success, you can get a career collapse and fall to the bottom...

I really thought this kind of thing only happens in movies, but it’s real, it actually happened in that crime they just uncovered.
Looks like an organized group just tryna make easy money, even using known names to pull in high rollers.

Guys like Billups and Rozier got good rep in the NBA, no one would think they’re into something like this.
Good thing it got exposed, just shows you really can’t judge a book by its cover.

LMAO ! ! This is not gamblin  but next level cheating ! Xray tables, contact lenses &  modded shufflers, what are you talking about, man ! This is like something out of a spy movie 😂, this incident reminded me of the movie Ocean's Thirteen...

As technology advances, scammers are also upgrading themselves &  bending it in new ways for profit. Its incredibly exciting !  But in my opinion, this kind of nonsense destroys the real spirit of gamblin, instills negative ideas about gambling in people. Actually, gambling is a combination of risk, skill &  luck, there is no high tech scam here

So bad incidents like this show us that casinos &  authorities need to be more sharp about their tech security. Because these crooks are now getting much more creative using technology

Some well-known families are so involved in this criminal ring. The Bonanno, Gambino, Genovese and Lucchese mafia families, also known as La Cosa Nostra, are involved in various illegal ventures like prostitution, drug dealing, and others. I remember watching a film titled Godfather of Harlem, where the activities of these mafia families that was popular in the US. They were involved in various organised crimes in the 1930s. Lamentably, these families still have some level of influence in today's fraudulent activities.

The crackdown on NBA is not the first time and I am surprised how the FBI was able to investigate those people that were in charge and responsible for this kind of frauds. If the government and the spy security operatives can spy on soccer games, they will find so many fraudulent activities these people are using to scam us.

The crackdown should continue so that we won't be losing bets anyhow even in games that are meant to give us profits without doubts. I hope to see this kind of probes on other spots.

This cheating system is like actions from a movie, really very structured and even involving NBA stars. But that's what happens when technology continues to advance it will be exploited by cheaters to facilitate their actions. Fortunately, law enforcement officers were able to uncover this criminal network and arrest the perpetrators.
However, I still doubt that this network might be bigger than it appears because if they have been able to carry out their operations in the US all this time, it means they have strong support, and their network might already be spread globally. this seems to be just the tip of the iceberg of something far more complex.

Criminal networks, especially those tied to technology and high profile figures, often have layers that go far beyond discovered. And the part that gets exposed is usually just a small fraction of the entire operation. With how interconnected the world has become, it’s very possible that their activities extend to other countries using advanced digital systems to stay hidden. And also this kinds of crimes require not just skilled individuals but also powerful backing and resources.

The most exciting of this story is that they were caught and apprehended, you can't imagine on a number of similar scammers yet uncovered, we have a number of people gambling and how some have been exploited, people have to be more aware of these in preventing from subsequent attacked that may come later in the future.

Just like the movies, it is just a matter of time and the law will get hold these bad actors in the gambling industry. They are one of the reasons governments tag gambling as an activity for criminals, not knowing that most of these gamblers and casinos are also victims of these exploitation by these criminals. Gambling frauds are not new, but as the world advances, new fraud methods evolve too. Casinos and regulatory bodies can do better by upgrading their systems so cheats won't have their way.

Things would have gotten so bad and more worse if we continue to give it time to see when they will get caught, because these bad guys are also smart and a lot of things would have gone wrong before we say of being having a clue about what they are doing, you can imagine the magnitude of the havoc they have caused and are causing, till they got caught.

The thing about this type of cheating is that not all gamblers would be able to do and and also not all casinos would be targeted because of the precision and accuracy that is needed to pull it off and also if they are going to involve themselves in such a risky act they’ll surely make sure that it’s for one that’s worth the risk and not a small casino that won’t be able I get them a good amount of money.

Unless these equipment are cheap to acquire I don’t think small casinos would be that much in a risk.

So what's the use case for AI in betting that can be currently detected, that's somehow against the casino rules? Because that sounds like made up stuff.

If you mean that they will find value bets, then people are already looking for them, and specifically playing only those. And even with value bets, it's often very specific bets that are just overvalued. It's not like that slightly overvalued draw game would be statistically something we should bet on. And literally everyone is looking for good odds, so how aren't people who bet only on them using AI according to those algorithms?

The most interesting of this act is that this is not coming from the casino operators, instead those that feels that they can make use of their little skills and talents at the detriments of others, things like this should not be seen among us, people are so wicked and heartless to have been doing all manners of things like this, we should learn to appreciate what the casinos offer s and not to take advantage on them and scam their users.

In recent years, movies has begun to influence many people. Movies about how to rob banks, movies about how to cheat casinos, movies about how to lie have led many people to copy and follow the path of crime, and today crime is evolving significantly.

I believe there are casino employees who collaborate with criminals to steal from casinos. This is because it doesn't make much sense to go and steal from physical casinos knowing that they have many cameras everywhere and have private security and police watching the casino. So, for someone to steal from the casino, they need the help of high-ranking casino employees.

Who would have thought of that? I guess not only you but the most of us.

But it has come into reality and we're seeing news relate to it. These groups are not just some group of boys that just want to earn.

Yet, these are organized groups that have huge amount of money that they're able to afford these equipment for them to do their thing.

I don't wonder now why they have done this, it's always been and will always be about the money and they've probably visioned the bigger amounts in it.