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Ex-NBA Player Damon Jones Pleads Guilty in Major Gambling Sweep

Former NBA player Damon Jones pleaded guilty to two wire-fraud conspiracies tied to insider betting and rigged poker games that prosecutors say cost victims more than $10 million.

Ex-NBA player Damon Jones pleads guilty to wire fraud in $10M betting, poker schemes
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Ex-NBA player Damon Jones pleads guilty to wire fraud in $10M betting, poker schemes

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Ex-NBA player Damon Jones is 1st to plead guilty in gambling sweep that led to over 30 arrests

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Overview

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Damon Jones pleaded guilty in Brooklyn federal court to two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, prosecutors said.

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Prosecutors said the sports betting conspiracy ran from December 2022 to March 2024 and used nonpublic injury information about NBA players to defraud sportsbooks.

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Federal prosecutors said the rigged poker scheme involved altered shuffling machines and members of the Bonanno, Gambino and Genovese crime families.

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More than 30 people were arrested in the sweep, and prosecutors said combined losses in the cases exceed $10 million.

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Jones is scheduled for back-to-back sentencing hearings on Jan. 6, and prosecutors described guideline ranges of 21 to 27 months for the betting case and 48 to 63 months for the poker case.

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Center-leaning sources frame this as a fall-from-grace legal saga, using celebrity context and moralized language to shape readers’ view. Editorial choices — a colorful lede, phrases like "betrayed the game he loved," emphasis on ties to LeBron and mob links, and highlighted sentencing details — foreground culpability beyond quoted admissions.

Sources:Associated Press

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