Inside the rigged poker games: How Damon Jones and Chauncey Billups operated a mafia-backed high-stakes scandal
Former NBA stars Damon Jones and Chauncey Billups are implicated in a multi-million dollar gambling fraud. An FBI probe revealed they acted as “face cards” for Mafia-backed poker games, using high-tech cheating devices to defraud wealthy gamblers. The operation spanned multiple cities, involving sophisticated technology and organized crime, leading to their arrests and an NBA suspension.
