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Beany 10/23/25 9:35:55 AM #1: |
Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups has been arrested by the FBI for alleged illegal gambling, sources tell ESPN. https://bsky.app/profile/shamsbot.bsky.social/post/3m3uegauq5o24 --- "It's a simple question, Doctor: would you eat the Moon if it were made of ribs?" ... Copied to Clipboard!
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SauI_Goodman 10/23/25 10:19:05 AM #2: |
Damn one of my favorite players back ine day. Not ba ba billups. Supposedly with the mafia too? Wtf --- Italian, French, German. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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PoopPotato 10/23/25 10:20:55 AM #3: |
As fun as it can be, sports betting should be illegal. The integrity of the leagues are in jeopardy. --- http://i.minus.com/i5EWBMXTN4ERv.gif ... Copied to Clipboard!
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SauI_Goodman 10/23/25 10:23:26 AM #4: |
PoopPotato posted... As fun as it can be, sports betting should be illegal. The integrity of the leagues are in jeopardy.I agree to an extent. It should go back to the way it was before where only vegas and Atlantic city could do it legally. Having it blatantly in the open has ruined sports. Having said that, this has nothing to do with sports. He was gambling on poker with the mafia. Allegedly. --- Italian, French, German. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Babidi123 10/23/25 10:23:41 AM #5: |
He got busted for rigged poker games ran by the Mafia ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Blue_Popo 10/23/25 10:24:33 AM #6: |
Damn why, he made over 100mil in career earnings He's a fucking finals MVP of a team that beat Shaq and Kobe and then a year later went to game 7 with Tim Duncan. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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LSGW_Zephyra 10/23/25 10:34:21 AM #7: |
Feels like it's a little much to arrest someone for this --- Bioshock gave us a fictional world showing why libertarianism doesn't work. Cryptos/NFTs gave us the real world example (She/Her) ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Takuya_Lee 10/23/25 10:35:33 AM #8: |
PoopPotato posted... As fun as it can be, sports betting should be illegal. The integrity of the leagues are in jeopardy. He wasn't arrested for sports betting. He was arrested for illegal poker games. --- Narutaki was right. This is all Decade's fault. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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PoopPotato 10/23/25 10:40:41 AM #9: |
Takuya_Lee posted... He wasn't arrested for sports betting. He was arrested for illegal poker games.My bad. I saw this headline on my Newsfeed earlier, it made it sound like it was sports betting. --- http://i.minus.com/i5EWBMXTN4ERv.gif ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Pikachuchupika 10/23/25 10:53:12 AM #10: |
So basically he has ties to the mafia. God damn ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ellis123 10/23/25 11:04:17 AM #11: |
LSGW_Zephyra posted... Feels like it's a little much to arrest someone for thisNah, this is well within the realms of things you should be arrested for. The questionable bit is that he's from Oregon and the president is Trump. What would be pretty shut and closed in my mind is instead something that gets the side eye. --- "A shouted order to do something of dubious morality with an unpredictable outcome? Thweeet!" My FC is in my profile. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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tripleh213 10/23/25 11:19:11 AM #12: |
Pikachuchupika posted... So basically he has ties to the mafia. God damnCrazy world --- Bucks World Champions 2021 PS4 looks great ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Garioshi 10/23/25 11:22:43 AM #13: |
Absolutely zero reason why sports gambling should be legal. The Padres' manager just retired in part because he was threatened over sports bets. We're gonna get Black Sox 2 at some point. --- https://garioshi.neocities.org ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Freddie_Mercury 10/23/25 11:38:45 AM #15: |
finally the FBI going after real crimes --- nosferatu ... Copied to Clipboard!
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imagine606 10/23/25 11:43:16 AM #16: |
PoopPotato posted... As fun as it can be, sports betting should be illegal. The integrity of the leagues are in jeopardy.I think it should be illegal to advertise on television or radio and professional athletes, including college, should be banned from any of it. Also, any penalties people get for death threats to athletes should go up 5x if it even comes off as being related to sports gambling. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ADW 10/23/25 11:47:09 AM #17: |
There are some allegations that, at least on the player that was arrested that he made bets on himself on games where he took himself out claiming he was injured. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TheSuperSilver 10/23/25 11:47:48 AM #18: |
Not a good look for the league with all this illegal gambling. In Billups' case with the poker games I wonder what the hell his motive was. --- When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. - Confucius ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ReturnOfDevsman 10/23/25 12:00:43 PM #19: |
What counts as illegal gambling? --- Arguing on CE be all like: https://youtu.be/JpRKrs67lOs?si=kPGA2RCKVHTdbVrJ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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LSGW_Zephyra 10/23/25 12:05:51 PM #20: |
ellis123 posted... Nah, this is well within the realms of things you should be arrested for. Generally unless it's as bad as kidnapping, I don't think being kidnapped is an appropriate level of punishment. --- Bioshock gave us a fictional world showing why libertarianism doesn't work. Cryptos/NFTs gave us the real world example (She/Her) ... Copied to Clipboard!
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VeggetaX 10/23/25 12:22:07 PM #22: |
I closed my topic and will post what I posted in here https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/46695228/sources-terry-rozier-arrested-part-gambling-inquiry Yes, the same Chancey Billups that helped won a championship for the Detroit Pistons in 2004. Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier were arrested Thursday as part of a pair of investigations related to illegal gambling, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania. Rozier was arrested Thursday morning at a hotel in Orlando, Florida. The Heat lost their season opener to the Magic on Wednesday, when Rozier did not play due to a coach's decision. Lots of NBA players, former and current are caught gambling WTF. First it was Jontay Porter then it was Gilbert Arenas and then Milak Beasley and now Rozier and Billups? Holy shit. The article also says Damon Jones as well. --- Don't like it? Don't watch it. It's that simple Dictator of Nice Guys ... Copied to Clipboard!
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VeggetaX 10/23/25 12:22:43 PM #23: |
[LFAQs-redacted-quote] Yes but it's against the law to gamble while you're currently part of a team. --- Don't like it? Don't watch it. It's that simple Dictator of Nice Guys ... Copied to Clipboard!
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fan357 10/23/25 12:24:36 PM #24: |
[LFAQs-redacted-quote] Leave the fucking cheese there! --- Never forget where you came from. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Funcoot 10/23/25 12:36:11 PM #25: |
Damn, I just went to the game last night and despite the loss, have pretty high hopes for the team this year. Wonder how this will affect the players. --- The answer to the question nobody asked. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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__aCEr__ 10/23/25 12:42:22 PM #26: |
How damn greedy does somebody have to be to help out the Mafia despite already having millions of dollars from playing and coaching professional basketball? --- See you next Wednesday. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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boomgetchopped3 10/23/25 12:45:15 PM #27: |
Is there any due diligence performed by the nba that subjects league participants to mandatory audits and their spouses? If not, then its happening all over the place. No question. Yes I know hes busted for poker but thats naturally where my mind goes --- If not for the glaze ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MrFingers07 10/23/25 1:08:47 PM #28: |
ReturnOfDevsman posted... What counts as illegal gambling?Rigging the games. The FBI says that the defendants utilized altered shuffling machines to read the cards in the deck and then relayed that information to an off-site operator. The offsite operator known as the "quarterback" then sent that information to someone at the table. --- :D Brawlin' Mains: R.O.B., Lucario, Pikachu, Wolf ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ellis123 10/23/25 1:09:53 PM #29: |
LSGW_Zephyra posted... Generally unless it's as bad as kidnapping, I don't think being kidnapped is an appropriate level of punishment.What a ridiculous way to say that you think that no one should be arrested for essentially anything. --- "A shouted order to do something of dubious morality with an unpredictable outcome? Thweeet!" My FC is in my profile. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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VeggetaX 10/23/25 1:16:20 PM #30: |
Gambling addiction is real --- Don't like it? Don't watch it. It's that simple Dictator of Nice Guys ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Jeremy517 10/23/25 1:24:08 PM #31: |
PoopPotato posted... As fun as it can be, sports betting should be illegal. The integrity of the leagues are in jeopardy. Players/coaches/refs throwing games are far more likely to be caught with legal sports betting. The legal books have way more interest in finding stuff like this than the FBI does. Rozier was caught because sports betting is legal. It is legal books that noticed the suspicious betting patterns. He probably never gets caught (if he did it) if sports betting is all underground still. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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hop918 10/23/25 2:06:00 PM #32: |
VeggetaX posted... Yes but it's against the law to gamble while you're currently part of a team. Its not illegal. The leagues prohibit betting on the sport you're involved in but there's no law saying they can't do it ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ADW 10/23/25 2:25:16 PM #33: |
Now Im seeing allegations Billups is involved in the sports betting allegations and not just the poker allegations. Im hearing he was passing info on who would or wouldnt be playing beforehand in games during a time when his team was perceived to be tanking games. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ShineboxPhil 10/23/25 2:42:06 PM #34: |
Babidi123 posted... He got busted for rigged poker games ran by the Mafia Damn didn't know Chancey Billups was a regular at Tony Soprano's executive game --- Florida Panthers, Oklahoma City Thunder, Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Eagles, Paris St. Germain #1 Fan ... Copied to Clipboard!
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SauI_Goodman 10/23/25 5:04:04 PM #35: |
They were using rigged card shufflers and "special" glasses lmao --- Italian, French, German. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Touch 10/23/25 5:08:34 PM #36: |
PoopPotato posted... As fun as it can be, sports betting should be illegal. The integrity of the leagues are in jeopardy."X player has been suspended 8 games for sports betting" THIS NEWS BROUGHT TO YOU BY UNDERDOG FANTASY --- You've buttered your last biscuit, pardner. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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JadeBaby 10/23/25 5:15:47 PM #38: |
While I am not shocked by these arrests, I think the NBA and the other sports leagues should have brought the hammer down on gambling and criminal activity in general decades ago. --- Would've, could've, should've. Would of, should of, and could of ARE INCORRECT!!!! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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mybbqrules 10/23/25 5:28:23 PM #39: |
Boy, who could have thought that legalizing sports gambling would lead us here!? --- Donald Trump is in the Epstein files. You know it, I know it, and he knows it. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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VeggetaX 10/23/25 6:10:17 PM #40: |
ChatGPT says Billups earned 104 million as a player and currently makes 2-4 million per year as head coach ever since he became one. I guess that much money isn't enough for him, gotta join up with the Mafia and run a scam on high rollers to make more money. --- Don't like it? Don't watch it. It's that simple Dictator of Nice Guys ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Cornmuffins 10/23/25 6:14:53 PM #41: |
SauI_Goodman posted... They were using rigged card shufflers and "special" glasses lmao https://apple.news/AtSreWCy3QjK9sGwZqka3zg X-Ray tables too. Pretty wild --- Getting C's and D's, saying thanks and please. You broke the golden rule, you're staying after school. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Dakimakura 10/23/25 6:15:48 PM #42: |
Spurs were playing Starcraft while the Pistons were illegal mafia gambling. It's clear why one team won. --- Gamefaqs Community Organizer ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ShineboxPhil 10/23/25 7:33:26 PM #43: |
Dakimakura posted... Spurs were playing Starcraft while the Pistons were illegal mafia gambling. It's clear why one team won. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/5fa3c00d.jpg --- Florida Panthers, Oklahoma City Thunder, Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Eagles, Paris St. Germain #1 Fan ... Copied to Clipboard!
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thronedfire2 10/23/25 7:35:27 PM #44: |
Garioshi posted... Absolutely zero reason why sports gambling should be legal. The Padres' manager just retired in part because he was threatened over sports bets. We're gonna get Black Sox 2 at some point. the problem is the leagues are all invested in the gambling now, and getting huge ad revenue for it, so they have much less incentive to actually stop it. --- I could see you, but I couldn't hear you You were holding your hat in the breeze Turning away from me In this moment you were stolen... ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Scorsese2002 10/23/25 7:36:12 PM #45: |
As a mafia fan, I love this story! --- https://www.twitch.tv/dtake86 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Quorthon109 10/23/25 7:39:01 PM #46: |
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d1de094c.jpg --- http://i.imgur.com/Kjo08.jpg ... Copied to Clipboard!
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chrono625 10/23/25 8:06:18 PM #47: |
Sports betting should have zero affiliation or sponsorship deals with professional leagues. Completely fucking ridiculous and I dont see how it isnt a conflict of interest and damaging to the integrity of the game. --- http://i.imgur.com/Rqk1DYV.gif - Super Bowl XXI/XXV/XLII/XLVI Champions - NY Giants Eli Manning SB tracker: 2/2 Superbowls 2/2 SBMVP's ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Pikachuchupika 10/24/25 1:45:07 AM #48: |
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1oe8113/questionable_play_from_terry_rozier_a_season/ Incredible ... Copied to Clipboard!
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buddah86 10/24/25 1:53:00 AM #49: |
Now he Billdowns --- Stand out, fit in ... Copied to Clipboard!
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fan357 10/24/25 2:28:42 AM #50: |
Thats quite a reel --- Never forget where you came from. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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