NPR - Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier were among the more than 30 people arrested yesterday in an FBI investigation into illegal gambling. The arrests stem from their alleged involvement in two major schemes: one involving bets placed on NBA games and the other concerning underground poker games. Billups and Rozier have been placed on leave.
This case is a big deal because the scandal involves leaks from multiple teams and players or coaches allegedly sharing non-public information with gamblers, says NPR’s Becky Sullivan. The scheme came to light thanks to monitoring services that track bets and look for unusual patterns. For example, Rozier allegedly told a friend he would withdraw from a game with an injury, which led that friend to sell the information to a gambler. As a result, organized bettors placed about a quarter of a million dollars on proposition bets predicting Rozier would underperform.
NPR - The International Chess Federation is investigating Russian grand master Vladimir Kramnik for cheating allegations he made against fellow elite players, including 29-year-old U.S. grand master Daniel Naroditsky, who died earlier this week.
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