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Title: FBI busts multi-million-dollar NBA gambling scheme Post by: Free Market Capitalist on October 24, 2025, 09:19:24 AM https://basketballsphere.com/en/fbi-nba-mafia-gambling-ring/
Quote FBI busts multi-million-dollar NBA gambling ring linked to mafia, involving players and coaches across 11 states. The FBI says it dismantled a “multi-million-dollar gambling ring” allegedly tied to major crime families and NBA players and coaches, calling the fraud “mind-boggling.” “This operation involved an expansive effort across 11 states, arresting 34 subjects, including multiple NBA players and coaches, who allegedly took advantage of their own positions of power to rig gambling systems for their own benefit — eventually funneling money to La Cosa Nostra, enriching some of the most notorious criminal networks in the world,” FBI Director Patel says. From what I have read in other sources, the operation had two parts: 1- Poker game scams in which NBA players were used to attract whales and defraud them. They used glasses and contact lenses that allowed them to see the cards, as well as rigged shuffling machines. 2- Players who warned that they were going to retire early in a game due to discomfort or injury, so that their accomplices could bet that the player's statistics in the game would be worse. So we have one scam in poker games and another in sports betting. Title: Re: FBI busts multi-million-dollar NBA gambling scheme Post by: Dave1 on October 24, 2025, 09:26:54 AM Mate we have been discussing it here in this thread, Using technology to rig games. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5563311.0) Or better yet, the NBA thread, here. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1220979.77840)
Might be better to lock this thread up. Title: Re: FBI busts multi-million-dollar NBA gambling scheme Post by: freedomgo on October 24, 2025, 09:28:38 AM This isn’t good news for poker high rollers, it’s possible they’ll start losing trust in physical casinos, especially with how advanced technology has become in rigging games. What’s worse, some NBA personalities are involved too, and a few are still active. One’s even a coach for the Blazers. Not sure if he’ll still keep his job once proven guilty, but if he is, he’ll definitely face the consequences.
It’s important we know things like this, so we can tell who’s really trustworthy. Honestly, at this point, I feel like online casinos are even more reliable than physical ones that aren’t properly regulated. Title: Re: FBI busts multi-million-dollar NBA gambling scheme Post by: Agbamoni on October 24, 2025, 03:50:31 PM Mate we have been discussing it here in this thread, Using technology to rig games. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5563311.0) Or better yet, the NBA thread, here. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1220979.77840) Might be better to lock this thread up. I doubt if he knew the discussion took place yesterday. Anyway, good thing you pointed this out to him. Remember he is a big fan of Poker but I guess he dont play Poker always anymore. |