ATLANTA - Two men from Georgia are among 31 people charged in what federal prosecutors call a sprawling, high-tech illegal gambling operation that stretched across the country and pulled in members of the mafia, former professional athletes, and high-profile names from the NBA.

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A seven-count indictment unsealed Thursday in Brooklyn outlines a detailed scheme in which players allegedly used rigged shuffling machines, marked cards, and hidden technology to fix underground poker games in New York City, the Hamptons, and other cities across the U.S. The goal, according to prosecutors, was simple: cheat unsuspecting players out of millions of dollars and fun

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