Federal prosecutors said mobsters used elaborate tech and Portland Trailblazer coach Chauncey Billups to lure wealthy people to rigged poker games.

WIRED recently demonstrated how to cheat at poker by hacking the Deckmate 2 card shufflers used in casinos. The mob was allegedly using the same trick to fleece victims for millions.

NBA stars, mobsters, and marks with fat wallets are all part of an alleged ring of rigged poker games. Here’s how these games ...

The rigged poker games linked to the NBA and the mob relied on high-tech gadgets like an x-ray table, hacked card shufflers and hidden cameras.

The scam began at least in 2019, and netted millions using a mixture of high-tech gadgets and old school mob tricks.

Authorities say an indicted poker cheating ring involving pro sports figures and the mafia used a series of high-tech tactics in the scam. They included shuffling machines that could determine ...

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Scammers like those charged in the NBA and Mafia poker ring seem willing to go to any extreme to fix games — even using ear ...

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