The ongoing saga of the NBA's gambling scandal has taken another turn, as an alleged former NFL star may have been involved and cost a poker player and his friends nearly $1 million.

The New York Post reports that the purported victim of a Texas jeweler who was linked to the NBA gambling situation was scammed out of nearly $1 million , along with some of his poker friends, by an ex-NFL player. According to the report, the former NFL player was used as the “front man” of the scheme.

According to The New York Post, this claim “could mean that the exploding NBA gambling scandal could be much bigger than prosecutors have thus far revealed, and might include stars in other sports.”

“During the game, we were around a bunch of bad guys, and they were trying to suck every bit away from us,”

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