The New York Post's front page reported that in October 2025, the FBI investigation found several illegal gambling cases involving NBA players, coaches, and transnational triads, including over 30 people such as Billups and Rozier being arrested. The NBA has suspended the involved personnel and stated that it will deal with the investigation results seriously.
The FBI said: NBA stars were arrested for gambling with the mafia, betting using insider information about LeBron, and cheating in poker games. Hall of Fame player and Portland coach Chauncey Billups (right) was charged with recruiting players to participate in illegal poker games, where members of four of the five major mafia families, including Thomas Gerald and Ernest Eloe (bottom right), used transparent tables and cheating shuffling machines to deceive them. Another indictment stated that an NBA coach provided insider information to bet against LeBron James.
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