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Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier plays against the Washington Wizards in March. Rozier was among more than 30 people arrested in a takedown of two gambling operations.

Darragh McGee is the author of the forthcoming book Imitation Games: How Gambling Hijacked Sport.

A week is a long time in the headline-hungry world of sport, not least when news breaks of an FBI investigation into a sordid illegal sports gambling operation that reads like the script of a Hollywood crime blockbuster. Just days into a new NBA season Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, and former NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones, were among more than 30 people charged in two separate indictments that allege how the leaking of inside information and rigged car

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