• An underground poker ring is the center of a federal indictment released Thursday. • More than 30 people, including mobsters and NBA stars, were named as defendants. • Using rigged shuffling machines and an X-ray poker table, the scheme generated more than $7 million, the feds said.

Rigged shuffling machines, bodyguards named "Big Bruce" manning the door, and shadowy rooms in Las Vegas and East Hampton. It sounds like scenes from "Ocean's 11" or a James Bond movie.

These details were buried in a 22-page federal indictment unsealed in Brooklyn on Thursday that accused more than 30 defendants of wire fraud, operating illegal gambling businesses, and money laundering conspiracy. The case offers an inside look at the high-tech, high-stakes world of underground gambling operations that

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