Two years before Chauncey Billups was named in an indictment in a rigged poker scheme, a pro poker player said a rigged game was built around Billups.

Professional poker player Matt Berkey wasn’t surprised by the illegal gambling allegations against Chauncey Billups.

Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups was arrested by the FBI on Thursday in connection with an alleged illegal poker game tied to the Mafia. That news may have come as a shock to many, but it didn't surprise professional gambler Matthew Berkey, who said Billups' poker game was "not on the up and up" on a podcast in 2023.

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Joseph Nocella and FBI Director Kash Patel detailed the poker scheme. They described the rigged poker game as a wide-ranging cheating operation centered in the New York area run by the Bonanno, Gambino, Lucchese, and Genovese crime families.

On Thursday, the NBA was treated to its latest gambling scandal when three current and former players and coaches, including Chauncey Billups, were

A professional poker player was onto Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups long before he was accused of being part of a poker scam.

Chauncey Billups, investigators allege, was known as a “face card.” He and other former professional athletes were used to attract victims to the poker games.

Former Pistons great Chauncey Billups was arrested Thursday for allegedly helping run rigged high-stakes poker games.

Clippers coach Tyronn Lue reportedly tied to the same Mafia-backed rigged poker scandal as Chauncey Billups in Las Vegas.