NBA stars and mafia among 31 arrested in illegal gambling crackdown, FBI says
Summary
NBA stars Chauncy Billups, Terry Rozier and Damon Jones are among those arrested in separate, but related, illegal gambling cases, according to the FBI
The first case alleges six defendants used insider information and in some cases players altered their performances to manipulate bets
The second involves 31 defendants accused of participating in rigged illegal poker games
The alleged perpetrators include members of organised crime families, officials say, with defendants accused of using special contact lenses and X-ray poker tables to read others' cards
What are player props?
Jonty Colman
BBC Sport Journalist
In relation to the basketball betting investigation, the main markets mentioned during that FBI briefing were to do with player props.
In sports betting, specifically basketball in this case, props are where, ahead of a game, a bookmaker will give predicted values for a player based how they are likely to perform.
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