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The arrests of Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups are the latest chapter in gambling scandals in sports.
Tiago Splitter is serving as head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers with Chauncey Billups on leave amid the NBA's gambling scandal.
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.
Co-Conspirator 8 informed Earnest, prior to the news becoming public, that several of the Blazers’ best players would not be playing. According to the indictment, Earnest gave the inside information to Marves Fairley, another defendant, for the purposes of betting on the game. Fairley promised to pay Earnest at least $5,000 if the bets paid off.
Congress is seeking a briefing on the NBA gambling scandal involving Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former player Damon Jones.
Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, who was arrested by federal agents Thursday for allegedly laundering money and committing wire fraud conspiracy as part of a years-long poker scheme, has