Are you shitting me !!!!!! ........what sport's rigged ....say no!!!!......well .......unless your head has been up your fat arse for the last 3/4/5 decades ........ it has been long known all sports are rigged .......and why not !!!!!.........gamblers cannot be stopped .......all you have to do...... is look at say ...... hard rock hotel in Hollywood florida !!!!!!.......and i have to say i love that guitar shaped hotel ......fucking rocks man !!!!!!...............but if you think that was built through say ....well honesty in a gambling sort of way ......well listen ........ gamblers deserve to get fucked !!!!!!! ......house always fucking wins dumbass !!!!!!!! .....but there is always that band of degenerates ........ think they have the system beat ........a few ....... very few have beat a system!!!!!!.........and i have to say ........ i have been to vegas 3 times .......and it was great ....... pre-covid .....fucking thanks china ......... or as our great president would say CHANA!!!!!!!!.......for fucking everything up .....nice job !!!!!! .....but fools and their money ........are easily parted........ and there is no fool ....... like a gambler ........ just look at vegas/macau/hard rock ......etc....etc...... .....yes there are some people...... very.....very .....few...... and i mean few ....... that can beat the system otherwise we would not have vegas like i say and everyone else says house wins .......i have always said right back ....all sports are rigged ...... they can be .....players ...... teams...... business ....... all about money !!!!!!! ...bought and sold ....... especially these mega million dollar players .......they are in too deep .......they have to do what they are told !!!!!!! ......don't hate the player it is the game!!!!!! ............for instance after 9/11....who won the superbowl !!!!!!!........the patriots !!!!!!......hello !!!!.....you think that was a koinkydinky ( in case you do not know that means coincidence!!!! ffs!!!!!)...............fuck no !!!!!! ....but it was great for advertising /business and suchlike things attached to all that bullshit ......beer /pride/war/alcohol/advertising /drunk /gamblers .the owners .....put all that shite...... in a political mixing bowl .......and boom .......you have major money!!!!!! .....and the bog dogs on the proch licking their lips ...all a scam .....all of it ....buy hey .....!!!!!!!!.....what the fuck do i know ....as long as people are drinking ....and shoving food in their pieholes and clapping at TV's in sports bars and at home ......it takes their mind of life ...... for a while......(you know ....the steak/burgers/BBQ/alcohol/snacks/chips)......it all and lets the workers get their job done ........alcohol and food !!!!!!! .....all you have to do.....is look how much it costs to advertise in the Superbowl !!!!!!........that it's very self ........will tell you all you need to know .......but pride is always blindness ........nothing personal!!!!!........ it's business as they will tell you .......
x-ray tables to read cards, rigged shuffling machines and high-tech contact lenses: Mafia's 'wild methods to fix games in NBA poker ring'
The breathtaking methods the Mafia allegedly used to rig poker games and take millions of dollars from unsuspecting players have been exposed, according to the US government.
More than 30 people have been charged in connection with schemes involving illegal sports betting and rigged poker games backed by La Cosa Nostra, including NBA star Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups.
Billups is charged in the indictment alleging a brazen scheme to rig underground poker games, while Rozier is accused of participating in an illegal sports betting scheme using private insider NBA information.
The alleged scheme is said to have lured victims into rigged poker games, which took place in the Hamptons, Miami, Las Vegas and Manhattan, by giving them the chance to play alongside former pro athletes, including Billups and Damon Jones.
In an explosive press conference on Thursday, United States Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. outlined how associates of New York's infamous Bonanno, Gambino, Genovese and Luchese crime families used X-ray tables and high-tech contract lenses to read cards.
Nocella Jr. said: 'The defendants used a variety of very sophisticated cheating technologies, some of which were provided by other defendants in exchange for a share of the profits from the scheme.
The Mafia allegedly used X-ray tables and high-tech contract lenses to read people's cards
They allegedly rigged shuffling machines to read the cards in the deck and predict hands
Shuffling machines would then allegedly relay information to associates playing in the games
'They used off the shelf shuffling machines that had been secretly altered in order to read the cards in the deck, predict which player at the table had the best poker hand and relay that information to an off-site operator.
'The off-side operator sent the information via cellphone back to a co-conspirator at the table, who was known as "the quarterback", and they secretly signaled the information they had received to others at the table and together they used that information in order to win the games and cheat their victims.
'Defendants used other cheating technologies, such as poker chip tray analyzers - which is a poker chip try that secretly reads cards using a hidden camera - special contact lenses or glasses that could read pre-marked cards and an X-ray table that could read cards faced down on the table.'
Nocella Jr. later revealed that the NBA has been cooperating with the investigation. In a statement to the Daily Mail, the NBA said: 'We are in the process of reviewing the federal indictments announced today. Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups are being placed on immediate leave from their teams, and we will continue to cooperate with the relevant authorities.
'We take these allegations with the utmost seriousness, and the integrity of our game remains our top priority.'
The FBI, who have been investigating for four years, later claimed defendants robbed a victim at gunpoint in order to acquire a rigged shuffling machine. They say victims have lost at least $7million.
The indictment of Rozier and others says there are nine unnamed co-conspirators including a Florida resident who was an NBA player and an Oregon resident who was an NBA player from about 1997 to 2014 and an NBA coach since at least 2021, as well as a relative of Rozier.
Rozier was in uniform as the Heat played the Magic in Orlando, Florida, in the season opener for both teams on Wednesday evening, though he did not play in the game.
He was taken into custody in Orlando early Thursday morning. The team didn´t immediately comment on the arrest but his attorney, Jim Trusty, issued a statement to investigative reporter Pablo Torre.
United States Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. outlined how the Mafia would rig poker games
NBA coach Chauncey Billups is charged in the indictment alleging a scheme to rig poker games
It read: 'We have represented Terry Rozier for over a year. A long time ago we reached out to these prosecutors to tell them we should have an open line of communication. They characterized Terry as a subject, not a target, but at 6 a.m. this morning they called to tell me FBI agents were trying to arrest him in a hotel.
'It is unfortunate that instead of allowing him to self surrender they opted for a photo op. They wanted the misplaced glory of embarrassing a professional athlete with a perp walk. That tells you a lot about the motivations in this case. They appear to be taking the word of spectacularly in-credible sources rather than relying on actual evidence of wrongdoing.
'Terry was cleared by the NBA and these prosecutors revived that non-case. Terry is not a gambler, but he is not afraid of a fight, and he looks forward to winning this fight.'
The case was brought by the U.S. attorney´s office in Brooklyn that previously prosecuted ex-NBA player Jontay Porter.
The former Toronto Raptors center pleaded guilty to charges that he withdrew early from games, claiming illness or injury, so that those in the know could win big by betting on him to underperform expectations.
Billups was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame last year. The five-time All-Star and three-time All-NBA point guard led the Detroit Pistons to their third league title in 2004 as NBA Finals MVP.
Boston drafted the former Colorado star with the No. 3 pick overall in 1997. The player known as Mr. Big Shot also played for Toronto, Denver, Minnesota, the New York Knicks and the Los Angeles Clippers.
The 49-year-old Billups is in his fifth season as Portland´s coach, compiling a 117-212 record. The Trail Blazers opened the season Wednesday night at home with a 118-114 loss to Minnesota.
A game involving Rozier that has been in question was played on March 23, 2023, a matchup between the Hornets and the New Orleans Pelicans. Rozier played the first 9 minutes and 36 seconds of that game - and not only did not return that night, citing a foot issue, but did not play again that season.
Terry Rozier is accused of participating in a sports betting scheme using insider information
More than 30 people have been charged in connection with schemes involving illegal sports betting and rigged poker games
Charlotte had eight games remaining and was not in playoff contention, so it did not seem particularly unusual that Rozier was shut down for the season´s final games.
In that March 23 game, Rozier finished with five points, four rebounds and two assists in that opening period - a productive quarter but well below his usual total output for a full game.
Posts still online from March 23, 2023, show that some bettors were furious with sportsbooks that evening when it became evident that Rozier was not going to return to the Charlotte-New Orleans game after the first quarter, with many turning to social media to say that something 'shady' had gone on regarding the prop bets involving his stats for that night.
A prop is a type of wager that allows gamblers to bet on whether a player will exceed a certain statistical number, such as whether the player will finish over or under a certain total of points, rebounds, assists and more.
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