Evening Wire: Gambling Scandal Rocks NBA & Mamdani Melts Onstage | 10.23.25

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🗓️ 23 October 2025

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0:32.7	A massive gambling scandal rocks the NBA. The Trump administration strikes another drugboat, and Cuomo and Mamdani face off in the final mayoral debate.
0:42.9	I'm Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe.
0:46.1	It's Thursday, October 23rd. This is Evening Wire.
0:50.0	A massive NBA gambling scandal erupted this morning, and it's already led to several arrests,
0:56.3	including high-profile figures. Cranen Company host David Cohn has the story.
1:01.1	The FBI arrested a player and head coach today as part of an investigation into illegal gambling.
1:08.2	Miami Heat Point Guard Terry Rozier was arrested at a hotel in Orlando
1:12.1	a few hours after his team played without him. Then news broke that Portland Trailblazers
1:17.6	head coach Chauncey Billups has also been taken into custody and charged in an illegal
1:22.7	poker operation tied to organized crime. According to NBC, former Cleveland Cavaliers player and assistant
1:30.1	coach Damon Jones was also arrested and charged in connection with illegal gambling. FBI director
1:36.0	Cash Patel and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York held a press conference
1:41.6	on the gambling sting earlier today. This is an illegal gambling operation and sports rigging operation that span the course of years.
1:49.0	The FBI led a coordinated take down across 11 states to arrest over 30 individuals today responsible for this case, which is very much ongoing.
1:58.0	The charges and the arrest that were taken down across this country
2:01.4	range from wire fraud, money laundering, extortion, robbery, illegal gambling. We're talking about
2:06.4	tens of millions of dollars in fraud and theft and robbery across a multi-year investigation.
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