Joseph Nocella, U.S. attorney for the eastern district of New York, announces arrests tied to illegal sports betting in New York on Thursday, as FBI Director Kash Patel looks on. (Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images)
Long-simmering sports gambling fears erupted when FBI agents on Thursday arrested at least two high-profile NBA figures, including Hall of Fame guard and Portland Trail Blazers Coach Chauncey Billups, who authorities said was involved in a mob-run rigged poker scheme.