The technology was everywhere - an X-ray table that read any face-down card, analysers inside chip trays, a rigged shuffling machine that read cards and predicted who would have the best hand, and pre-marked cards that allowed those wearing special sunglasses and contact lenses to read what was in everyone's hands.

An explosive indictment accuses basketball stars and bookies of conspiring with four of New York’s Five Families to rig illegal, high-stakes poker games across the country with high-tech devices — with threats of violence against the marks in debt to the fraudulent scheme.

As the fallout continues to develop from the FBI gambling probe that led to the arrests of Miami Heat veteran Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, there's a name that's popped up on Friday who may be familiar to NBA fans and beyond: Kevin Garnett.

You can picture the scene. Tucked somewhere between the glitter and grit of Manhattan, a room wafting smoke with the rhythm of a poker game seemingly like any other: Cards whisper against felt, chips click in steady tempo,

Two men from Georgia are among 31 people charged in what federal prosecutors call a sprawling, high-tech illegal gambling operation that stretched across the country.

It was a well-orchestrated, multimillion-dollar poker hustle that allegedly involved the mafia and high-profile NBA names. And when nearly every hand is fixed, you can bet there’s a New Jersey tie. Three Garden State residents were arrested Thursday as part of the criminal case that involves members and associates of the Bonanno,