The feds on Thursday charged alleged mafia associates and current and former National Basketball Association players and coaches with running rigged poker games and illegal sports betting.

Two federal indictments were unsealed on Thursday, one focused on a high-tech poker cheating scam , the other focused on a sports betting conspiracy .

Starting around 2019, a group of alleged mafia associates began operating a high-stakes poker con at several locations around Manhattan, according to an indictment filed by the US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. The card cheating scheme relied on X-ray tables, rigged card shufflers, and glasses capable of reading hidden card markings.

Authorities say they arrested 31 individuals across 11 states, including members and associates of the Bo

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