How Did This Get Rigged? The NBA Poker Scam w/ Paul Scheer & Jason Mantzoukas

Scam Goddess

Earwolf

Comedy, True Crime

4.8 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Laci welcomes back comedians, actors, and podcasters Paul Scheer and Jason Mantzoukas (How Did This Get Made?), and the pair immediately have a bone to pick with the studio: why is there a Chewbacca mural on the wall instead of one of them? Paul, Jason, and Laci then bond over their shared distrust of AI on social media before diving into a wild FBI sting that exposed former NBA players and coaches like Chauncey Billups and Damon Jones, who were allegedly involved in rigged poker games. Backed by the Mafia, the operation used insider information to cheat at sports betting on a multi-million-dollar scale. Stay schemin’! Listen to How Did This Get Made? wherever you get your podcasts. CON-gregation, catch Laci's TV Show Scam Goddess, now on Freeform and Hulu! Keep the scams coming and snitch on your friends by emailing us at ScamGoddessPod@gmail.com. Follow on Instagram: Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspod Laci Mosley: @divalaci How Did This Get Made? Podcast: @HDTGM Paul Scheer: @paulscheer Research by Kathryn Doyle SOURCES https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/current-and-former-national-basketball-association-players-and-four-other-individuals https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/terry-rozier-tax-lien-sports-betting-ring/ https://www.wsj.com/sports/basketball/nba-gambling-scandal-damon-jones-lebron-james-8a8f4f77?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqeaEzJTg4cht94T_OTRX8F97Huk54E3ijkntEnw6hLa9uRb3g4fWZcRz1Z86GE%3D&gaa_ts=69028121&gaa_sig=ygd3QlDvRJwbSjj9LqwuqIFelkFOD2AAQb4Xqj3sAmJsBIx8DMxsGnvzELsBJn988iMAwXtsdrwEpwiVDQgk0Q%3D%3D https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/nyregion/nba-gambling-scandal-explained.html https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/46695228/sources-terry-rozier-arrested-part-gambling-inquiry https://www.sportingnews.com/us/tsn/news/biggest-gambling-scandals-sports-history-bet/df2d2288eca5e3ba71738ecd https://nypost.com/2025/10/27/us-news/alleged-nba-poker-scammer-pookie-painted-portraits-for-celebrities-and-singers/

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0:00.0	Scam!
0:01.0	Cards.
0:02.0	Robbery and fraud.
0:05.0	Scam.
0:06.0	Cards.
0:07.0	Corm.
0:08.0	Cards.
0:09.0	Robbery.
0:13.0	And fraud.
0:16.0	Scam goddess.
0:18.0	What's Popping Congregation?
0:20.0	It's your girl Lacey Mosley, aka Scam Goddess. The Popping Congregation?
0:23.1	It's your girl Lacey Mosley, aka Scam Goddess.
0:26.6	The host of the podcast is all about robbery, fraud, and those who practice it.
0:29.6	It is a comedy podcast, I will remind you.
0:35.8	First up, I do want to let y'all know that the tickets for Scam Goddess Live are on sale.
0:39.1	Y'all know I'm coming to Chicago, New York, Dallas,
0:46.1	which is my hometown, so y'all better show out, okay? My mama will be there. And San Francisco.
0:52.0	So you can get those tickets now on Live Nation, Ticketmaster, pull up. Let's have a good time.
1:14.9	Honey, let's key. Now, y'all know, Y'all already know. I'm very what? Yes, excited, elated, ecstatic. We have two amazing iconic guests today, two people that I have, I had to pause, y'all, because I'm a little gagged. Two people that I have, like, worshipped in comedy and also had the privilege of doing comedy with.
1:16.6	I'm so excited that they're here.
1:19.7	They are two-thirds of the podcast royalty, honey.
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