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Madeline Berg @ Business Insider · today 18:12 EDT

From trick contact lenses to NBA 'Face Cards' — how the mob allegedly rigged high-stakes poker games

Federal prosecutors said mobsters used elaborate tech and Portland Trailblazer coach Chauncey Billups to lure wealthy people to rigged poker games.

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