2025 NBA illegal gambling prosecution
2025 North American basketball league scandal
On October 23, 2025, current and former National Basketball Association (NBA) players and a coach were among 34 people arrested and indicted for allegedly conducting rigged sports betting and poker games. Hall of Famer and at the time Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, former player Damon Jones, and former Miami Heat player Terry Rozier were all arrested for their alleged involvement in the scandal.
Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the New York City Police Department Organized Crime Control Bureau's Joint Organized Crime Task Force began investigating individuals associated with the NBA for illegal gambling in 2023. The bureau was alerted to unusual betting activity involving Rozier in March 2023. The NBA also investigated, meeting with Rozier multiple times, but ultimately cleared him. Rozier was arrested in Orlando, Florida, where the Heat played their season opener against the Orlando Magic.
On October 23, 2025, the prosecutions were made public after the arrest of the involved parties. Billups was arrested in Portland, Oregon, a day after the Trail Blazers' season-opening loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Both Rozier and Billups denied the allegations and were placed on administrative leave by the NBA pending review of the federal indictments.
On May 28, 2026, the Justice Department filed a superseding indictment that accused Rozier of accepting a $100,000 bribe to alter his performance.
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