OK, we're going to talk about a world that maybe most of us only know about from the movies - high-stakes poker games. The FBI arrested 31 people yesterday, including NBA coach Chauncey Billups.

NYC mafiosos and NBA stars used a combination of high-tech contraptions and old-school gambling tricks to swindle hapless high-rollers out of $7 million in a sprawling backroom poker scheme, ...

Scammers like those charged in the NBA and Mafia poker ring seem willing to go to any extreme to fix games — even using ear pieces so tiny they need to be ripped out by a magnet, a cheating pro has ...

The Department of Justice detailed the technology allegedly used by NBA stars, organized crime members and their associates to rig high-stakes poker games and cheat victims out of millions of dollars.

This week on Uncanny Valley, we break down how one of the most common card shufflers could be altered to cheat, and why that matters—even for those who don’t frequent the poker table. Last week, the ...

NYC mafiosi and NBA stars used a combination of high-tech contraptions and old-school gambling tricks to swindle hapless high rollers out of $7 million in a sprawling backroom poker scheme, ...

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