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It is the sort of bombshell that many opponents of legalized gambling warned about since a landmark 2018 Supreme Court ruling that allowed states to develop their own gambling laws. Since then the American public has seen sports leagues, including the NBA, joining forces with DraftKings, FanDuel and others promoting what was once a taboo practice. |
U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. outlined a troubling set of allegations about the extensive illegal poker scheme, saying the victims who lost millions were lured to participate in the games by the chance to play alongside former professional athletes. |
The NBA said in a statement it is in the process of reviewing the indictments, adding that Billups and Rozier will be put on immediate leave from their teams as the league cooperates with investigators. | Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups talks with Portland Trail Blazers forward Deni Avdija in a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Moda Center on Oct. 22, 2025 in Portland, Ore. Jaime Valdez, Imagn Images |
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What is NFL policy on sports gambling and which players have violated it? It isn't just basketball that is worried about how legalized gaming has influenced fans, players and coaches. The NFL has for years steered clear of anything associated with Las Vegas, for example, but permitted the Raiders to relocate there from Oakland in 2020 while softening its stance on gambling and integrating it into the league's fabric. |
Can pot smokers and other drug users legally own guns? |
It's something the Supreme Court is ready to tackle after accepting the Justice Department's appeal of a lower court's ruling that past drug use alone doesn't extinguish a person's Second Amendment rights. |
All of this orbits a case involving a man named Ali Danial Hemani, a dual citizen of the U.S. and Pakistan who was charged with unlawfully owning a Glock pistol because he regularly smoked marijuana. His lawyers argue the government is looking to "inflame and disparage" their client's character, and point out he was not high when the federal authorities found the Glock 19 in his Lewisville, Texas, home. |
It's a case with major ramifications given a background-check system for firearms created 1998 has stopped more gun sales than any requirement other than the ban on felons and fugitives owning weapons, and it also has been used in hundreds of prosecutions each year. |
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