WATCH: Pro Poker Player Outed Chauncey Billups’s Alleged Poker Scam in Unearthed Podcast Clip from 2023

Ahmad Austin Jr. Oct 23rd, 2025, 5:07 pm

A professional poker player was onto Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups long before he was accused of being part of a poker scam.

Billups on Thursday was arrested and charged for his alleged role in a Mafia-backed illegal poker scheme. During an FBI press conference, it was revealed that the poker scheme involved sophisticated technology used to rig games for the defendants. Billups, the indictment alleged, served as a “face card” in the operation — a high-profile player to entice would-be victims join the games.

Although Billups was not named in a second indictment focused on sports betting, he’s widely believed to be identi

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