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Private poker games run all over the U.S., with rare instances of criminal charges being filed. Retired NBA star Gilbert Arenas is in the minority, as he faces a decade in prison for his alleged involvement in an illegal gambling operation. Federal investigators arrested the hoopster and five others in connection with private games that took place in a Los …

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Gilbert Arenas was arrested Wednesday in connection with a federal indictment that alleges the former NBA star hosted illegal high-stakes poker games at his mansion in Encino, California, according to a release from the United States Attorney’s Office of Central California. Arenas is officially charged with one count of conspiracy to operate an illegal gambling business, one count of operating …

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Former NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas was arrested Wednesday alongside five other men on conspiracy charges for allegedly running an illegal “high-stakes” poker game in Encino that included hiring women to provide “companionship” for gamblers, court records show. Arenas, 43, rented out an Encino mansion that he owned between September 2021 and July 2022 “for the purposes of hosting high-stakes illegal …

Former NBA star Gilbert Arenas and a half-dozen others allegedly ran high-end, illegal poker games at a Los Angeles home rented by the “Agent Zero” player, federal authorities said Wednesday. The eight were charged in connection to the games that were allegedly conducted between Sept. 12, 2021 and July 20 2022, according to charging documents. Arenas “would rent out a …

Jeff BorzelloJul 23, 2025, 09:07 PM ET Close Jeff Borzello is a basketball recruiting insider. He has joined ESPN in 2014. USC freshman basketball player Alijah Arenas will sit out six to eight months after suffering a knee injury that will require surgery, the school announced Wednesday. Arenas, the son of former NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas, was a five-star recruit …

USC freshman Alijah Arenas might miss the entire 2025-26 season after suffering a torn meniscus, according to NBA insider Chris Haynes. Arenas, a 5-star recruit, was the No. 7 overall player and top-ranked shooting guard in 247Sports’ composite rankings for the 2025 class. In April, the 18-year-old was involved in a car crash that resulted in him briefly being placed …