The Claim: The NBA’s 2025 gambling scandal is directly connected to organized crime, involving multiple New York Mafia families orchestrating illegal betting schemes with current and former league figures.

On October 23, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York issued an official Department of Justice press release that detailed two extensive indictments — the first and the second . These indictments targeted a total of 31 defendants, among them NBA personnel and affiliates linked to five prominent New York organized crime families. According to the DOJ, at the core of the investigation was a clandestine network engaged in underground sports betting operations and illicit poker games, which reportedly extended into professional basketball ci

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