Federal prosecutors indicted Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups on Thursday, accusing him of participating in illegal gambling schemes .

Billups, 49, faces charges of money laundering and wire fraud conspiracy in connection with an alleged rigged poker game from 2019. He was one of more than 30 people indicted Thursday in two separate cases tied to NBA figures.

FILE - This photo combo shows from left, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups. (AP Photo/File) AP

A federal indictment alleges that Billups and other co-conspirators organized and played in a rigged poker game in Las Vegas around April 2019. The scheme allegedly used a rigged shuffling machine to defraud other players out of at least $50,000. Prosecutors accuse B

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