Basketball Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett was reportedly among "a number of former pro athletes" who "played at private poker games organized" by several of the people indicted in a sweeping investigation into illegal sports betting and alleged Mafia-backed poker rigging schemes , podcaster Pablo Torre reported on Friday (October 24).

"UPDATE: A number of former pro athletes played at private poker games organized by those indicted by the DOJ in “Operation Royal Flush.” One of them — according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of a game that took place in 2019 — was Kevin Garnett," Torre wrote on his X account.

"Operation Royal Flush," which was one of two cases in the FBI probe, resulted in the arrests of Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and former NBA

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