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

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.

Chauncey Billups and Damon Jones allegedly served as "face cards" to attract victims to rigged poker games using their status as former professional athletes.

Mafiosos have a “slow process” for ensnaring otherwise honest people into their clutches, he explained, adding Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier could have been groomed and ultimately

Former Detroit Pistons legend Chauncey Billups was arrested in Portland, Oregon, on charges connected to an illegal poker ring, federal officals announced Thursday, Oct. 23.

Clips from the podcast, in which professional poker player Matthew Berkey describes the rigged games, went viral Thursday after Billups was indicted for his alleged involvement

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.

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

The ex-NBA star and Portland Trail Blazers coach was arrested by the FBI for rigged poker games. Professional poker player Matt Berkey said pros already knew.

A number of former pro athletes reportedly attended the poker games that led to 31 people being charged by the FBI.

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