Monday, October 27, 2025
The Briefing with Albert Mohler
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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🗓️ 27 October 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
On today’s edition of The Briefing, Dr. Mohler discusses the federal investigation that led to major arrests in an illegal gambling scheme involving the NBA and organized crime, why we are so interested in organized crime, and the heist at the Louvre.
Part I (00:14 – 16:07)
Gambling, Organized Crime, and the NBA: Federal Investigation Leads to Major Arrests in Illegal Gambling Scheme
- NBA Head Coach Charged in Illegal Poker Scheme Tied to Organized Crime by The Wall Street Journal (Jared Diamond, Louise Radnofsky, and Robert O’Connell)
- Legalize and Regulate Sports Betting by The New York Times (Adam Silver)
The Drama of Crime in America: Why Does Organized Crime Exist, and Why Are We So Interested In It?
Part III (21:15 – 25:36)
The Heist at the Louvre: This is a Huge Embarrassment for France
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday, October 27, 2025. I'm Albert Moller, and this is the briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. |
| 0:13.7 | The big headline we have to deal with today has to do with organized gambling and professional sports, in particular the NBA, the National Basketball Association. |
| 0:23.2 | The big headline that came Friday had to do with the fact that on Thursday, federal officials |
| 0:28.1 | arrested Portland Trailblazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat Guard Terry |
| 0:33.7 | Roseir. They were charged that very day, as what the Wall Street Journal explains, |
| 0:38.4 | is part of a sweeping investigation into illegal gambling, rigged poker games, and match-fixing |
| 0:43.8 | in the NBA, end quote. So let's just step back for a moment. We're talking about the NBA. |
| 0:49.4 | We're talking about professional sports, and we're talking about gambling. And this is a big part |
| 0:53.7 | of what's going on here. |
| 0:55.2 | And you'll notice the words are, illegal gambling, rigged poker games, and match fixing in the NBA. |
| 1:00.9 | But listen to the next paragraph from the Wall Street Journal. Quote, federal prosecutors unveiled |
| 1:06.3 | an indictment against more than two dozen defendants that outlined a major scheme backed by organized |
| 1:12.1 | crime families to run corrupt poker games and lure in victims by offering them a chance to play |
| 1:17.3 | alongside figures, including Billups, then a former player and former NBA player and assistant |
| 1:22.5 | coach, DeMond James. End quote. Now, the journal editorializes just a little, and that's important here, quote, |
| 1:29.4 | the revelations instantly ranked among the most damaging in the league's history, throwing |
| 1:34.0 | into question the integrity of its product just six years after the NBA opened its doors |
| 1:38.6 | to the lucrative legalized gambling industry. |
| 1:42.0 | What had been U.S. sports, ultimate taboo quickly became part of the |
| 1:45.5 | business model for the major leagues and put an endless menu of bets at the fingertips of most |
| 1:50.8 | Americans. End quote. All right. So at the time, at the time, there were many of us who warned |
| 1:56.2 | that this cannot go well and has to go badly. And it is because there is simply no evidence whatsoever |
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