NBA icons Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier have been arrested in connection with federal investigations into illegal gambling, U.S. authorities revealed on Thursday. Billups, renowned for his Hall of Fame career, was caught in a separate poker game-rigging scheme.

Rozier, a guard for the Miami Heat, provided insider information to accomplices who used fake bettors to gamble based on the tips. Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella described the scope of the operations at a press conference, focusing on the millions of dollars in profits generated illegally.

The allegations represent an intersection of sports and organized crime, with several players implicated across North American leagues as betting becomes more widespread legally. Former players like Jontay Porter have faced charges fo

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