The high-tech equipment described by Nocella included poker chip trays that secretly read cards with a hidden camera, special contact lenses that can read pre-marked cards, and an X-ray table that can read cards face down on the table. Billups was charged in that indictment, along with former NBA player Damon Jones. It was not immediately clear where Billups was arrested, but the coach and former NBA player was set to be arraigned later Thursday in Portland, Oregon, where he lives, according to officials with the Eastern District of New York. Billups coached the Blazers on Wednesday night in Portland.

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