Overview
- Two indictments announced Oct. 23 led to more than 30 arrests tied to overlapping cases involving insider sports betting and a mafia-linked high‑stakes poker ring that include Terry Rozier, Chauncey Billups and former player-coach Damon Jones.
- Prosecutors described altered shufflers, X‑ray tables, hidden cameras and a prearranged signal book to fix poker games, alleged ties to Bonanno, Gambino and Genovese families, and bank records they say show $50,000 was wired to Billups after a 2020 game.
- Rozier was arrested and indicted on charges that he shared advance notice he would exit a March 23, 2023 game early, while the NBA says its prior review found insufficient evidence to conclude a rules violation and it later shared its work with federal authorities.
- The NBA placed Rozier and Billups on immediate leave as the league and partner sportsbooks reassess vulnerable bet types, with requests to avoid props on missed free throws, fouls and turnovers and to tighten limits on individual player markets.
- Reporting has raised an unverified link between current player Malik Beasley and the probe through his cousin Ammar Awawdeh, who is not named as a defendant, with any potential involvement remaining unproven.