Among the few certainties in life aside from death and taxes is the inevitability that when there’s gambling there will always be the Mob. Don’t take my word for it: Just ask NBA commissioner Adam Silver , (and maybe soon NFL chief Roger Goodell ) who might have a starring role in the next Scorsese Mafia epic all because they decided to embrace one of the world’s oldest and most dangerous vices.

Indeed, a duo of federal indictments filed last week will make Scorsese’s job a lot easier. Basketball star Terry Rozier and Hall of Famer–turned-coach Chauncey Billups were caught up in high-roller card games rigged with x-ray tables, hidden cameras, and loaded decks. Celebrities used as bait. Information passed to a “quarterback,” a mob-connected player who never lost. And when the high-ro

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