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The 49-year-old former NBA champion with the Detroit Pistons was arrested in Oregon Thursday morning, the night after coaching his team in their season opener.
Billups, arrested as part of a poker rigging scheme, matches the description of a co-conspirator listed but not yet charged in illegal sports betting activities
Chauncey Billups gave a prescient quote after the Blazers lost their season opener to the Wolves on Wednesday night that went viral after his arrest.
The allegations against Portland Trail Blazers coach and former NBA guard Chauncey Billups involve rigged poker games, in which the defendants defrauded players out of money by using technology to know which cards were dealt.
The FBI announced bombshell allegations naming 34 defendants on charges involving an NBA sports betting scheme and illegal poker games Thursday morning.