Overview
- Investigative reporter Pablo Torre reported that Gates hosted and played in an allegedly fixed Miami poker game organized by indicted figure Curtis Meeks.
- Through business manager Denise White, Gates issued a statement calling the allegation false and asserting he has not been accused of wrongdoing.
- Reuters reports Gates does not appear in the federal indictments and is not publicly known to be under investigation.
- Federal prosecutors and the FBI have unsealed indictments naming more than 30 people in connected poker and sports-betting schemes that include NBA figures Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier and Damon Jones.
- Authorities allege victims lost over $7 million since 2019 through games rigged with advanced technology, and say Meeks was arrested in Texas for helping provide cheating tools and using high-profile hosts to lure players.