#illegal-gambling

#illegal-gambling

Tierra Carter, who works at the Social Security Administration, tells NPR's Andrea Hsu that she's had to take out loans and seek a hardship withdrawal from her 401(k) due to the shutdown. Carter says it feels as if she is trying to swim to the top of a pool, but every time she gets to the middle, she is knocked back down.

On Thursday morning, Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, and former player and coach Damon Jones were all arrested in connection with a pair of federal indictments involving illegal gambling operations. Billups was allegedly involved in a poker scheme with ties to the Mafia, while Rozier was accused to being involved in an operation that involved him throwing games; and Jones was listed in both indictments.

What you don't know is that this is an illegal gambling operation and sports rigging operation that spanned the course of years. The FBI led a coordinated takedown across 11 states to arrest over 30 individuals today responsible for this case, which is very much ongoing. Not only did we crack into the fraud that these perpetrators committed on the grand stage of the NBA, but we also entered and executed a system of justice against La Cosa Nostra

The Alameda Police Department say they shut down an illegal gambling den being operated inside a home on Tuesday, where they found slot machines, table games like roulette, and drugs. [KTVU] A resident of the tiny town of Chinese Camp, Layne Smith, whose family has lived there for four generations, describes how he saved his home from the wildfire that came through Tuesday night. [KTVU]

From at least 2004 to December 2020, Rhino Sports operated as an illegal online gambling business, generating at least $35 million in revenue.