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The NBA gambling scandal that rocked the league appears to be cutting deeper and deeper with each passing day. After the FBI arrested Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups for his alleged involvement in a rigged poker game scandal that included X-ray vision tables and altered shuffling machines spearheaded by the syndicated crime families, investigative journalist Pablo Torre is now reporting …

Pablo Torre finds out, again. Torre reports that Hall of Fame tight end Antonio Gates hosted and played in a rigged poker game in Miami. Torre adds that the game was organized by Curtis Meeks, who was included in the sweeping federal indictment that named more than 30 defendants. The indictment accuses Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups of serving …

“Operation Royal Flush” could still deal the NFL a bad hand. On Saturday, the New York Post published an article that tells the tale of an unnamed gambler who contends he was the victim of a rigged poker game — and that an unnamed ex-NFL player served as the “face card.” That’s the role Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups …

The members of New York City’s notorious “Five Families” are known by many names: wise guys, goodfellas, friends of ours. At least a dozen men with alleged ties to the Mafia can now add a new moniker to the mix: defendants in a federal investigation dubbed “Operation Royal Flush.” The sprawling illegal gambling case announced by federal officials this week …

Heads or tails? New research reveals that if you aren’t the one to flip it, it might still feel unfair, despite being perfectly random. getty A coin flip is about as fair as it gets. Its two sides with equal weight make it so that the odds are always fifty-fifty. Mathematically, it’s perhaps one of the purest forms of impartiality …

Donald Trump assassination plotter tries to stab himself in court (Picture credit: AP) Ryan Routh, the man found guilty of plotting to assassinate Donald Trump, attempted to stab himself in the neck with a pen moments after a Florida jury convicted him on all counts. The dramatic incident unfolded in Judge Aileen Cannon’s courtroom on Tuesday, leaving US Marshals swarming …

That was the moment he knew it was true love. Donald Trump turned to gaze at Vladimir Putin as the Russian president publicly endorsed his view that, had Trump been president instead of Joe Biden, the war in Ukraine would never have happened. “Today President Trump was saying that if he was president back then, there would be no war, …

Trump Doubles Down on ‘Rigged’ Job Data Claim on CNBC, Says Bessent Won’t Be Fed Nominee  Barron’s Trump’s chilling assault on economic data  Financial Times Opinion | Firing the BLS commissioner will come back to haunt Trump  The Washington Post In rejecting the jobs report, Trump follows his own playbook of discrediting unfavorable data  AP News Former Trump advisor criticizes Trump’s timing on ousting …

Trump doubles down, insists jobs data was rigged against him  Axios After Trump’s Firing of BLS Commissioner, Republicans Fall in Line With His Criticism  The New York Times Facing facts about Trump and the jobs numbers  The Hill Amy Walter and Jasmine Wright on Trump’s BLS firing and trust in institutions  PBS Fact check: Trump’s claims jobless numbers were ‘rigged’  ABC News Source link

Trump adviser defends labor official’s firing, deflects on how data was ‘rigged’  The Washington Post Trump Fired America’s Economic Data Collector. History Shows the Perils.  The New York Times Opinion | The Bureau of Labor Denial  The Wall Street Journal White House officials rush to defend Trump after shaky economic week  The Guardian ‘The revisions are hard evidence’: White House struggles to justify firing …