The mob is accused of paying Chauncey Billups and former NBA player Damon Jones, 49, to act as “face cards” to attract high rollers to big-money poker games that were fixed using sophisticated tech, including rigged card shufflers and special glasses and contact lenses,

Portland Trail Blazers Head Coach Chauncey Billups appears to be an unnamed co-conspirator identified in an indictment as telling another man that the team planned to intentionally lose a 2023 game against the Chicago Bulls.

NBA star turned coach, Damon Jones was arrested by the FBI in connection to an illegal betting ring that allegedly used insider NBA intel.

According to the FBI, Billups and former Cavs guard Damon Jones were used by the Mafia as “Face Cards” to lure high rollers to play poker. The indictment against him states those games date back to 2019 involving Billups.

When the indictments were announced, we reported on the statements from FBI Director Kash Patel and the larger scope of the charges brought against Rozier, Billups, and their co-defendants, but there are more details available about the machinations of the schemes they were allegedly involved in and the roles that both played.