Antonio Gates is denying any involvement in any rigged poker game following a report over the weekend, potentially linking the former football star to the ongoing gambling scandal that has wrapped up current and former NBA players.

Investigative sports journalist Pablo Torre reported on Sunday that the Hall of Fame tight end had hosted and participated in an allegedly rigged game of poker in Miami organized by Curtis Meeks, one of the more than 30 individuals indicted by the feds last week related to a lengthy probe into separate sports betting and rigged poker game schemes.

In a statement, released through his business manager, Denise White, Gates denied the report. 3

“Antonio Gates has not been involved nor has he been accused of any wrongdoing, assertions to the contrary a

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