{"id":101163,"date":"2025-10-26T06:23:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T06:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/26\/congress-requests-briefing-from-nba-commissioner-disturbed\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T06:23:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T06:23:22","slug":"congress-requests-briefing-from-nba-commissioner-disturbed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/26\/congress-requests-briefing-from-nba-commissioner-disturbed\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress Requests Briefing From NBA, Commissioner &#8216;Disturbed&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"post-content__sub-title\">\n        Posted on: October 25, 2025, 03:19h.\u00a0\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-content__sub-title\">\n        Last updated on: October 25, 2025, 03:19h.\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"post-info-panel\">\n<div class=\"post-info-panel__author-holder js-open-close\">\n<div class=\"post-info-panel__author-logo\">\n                <img alt=\"Avatar photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-4-1-50x50.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-4-1-100x100.png 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-50 photo\" height=\"50\" width=\"50\" decoding=\"async\"\/>            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Congress has asked NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to testify about the league\u2019s illegal gambling scandal<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Several current and former players and coaches were named in FBI indictments<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr\/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Congress is demanding answers from the NBA for what\u2019s emerging as the biggest sports betting scandal since Pete Rose was found to have bet on baseball games he managed and played more than four decades ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_366149\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-366149\" data-style=\"width: 858px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-post-thumbnail-858xAUTO wp-image-366149\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-25-at-4.05.52\u202fPM-858x572.jpg\" alt=\"Congress NBA Adam Silver sports betting\" width=\"858\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-25-at-4.05.52\u202fPM-858x572.jpg 858w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-25-at-4.05.52\u202fPM-430x287.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-25-at-4.05.52\u202fPM-302x200.jpg 302w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-25-at-4.05.52\u202fPM-238x158.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-25-at-4.05.52\u202fPM-194x128.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-25-at-4.05.52\u202fPM.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-366149\" class=\"text-description\">NBA Commissioner Adam Silver takes questions about the FBI\u2019s indictment of several of its current and former players and coaches. Congress has asked Silver to testify about the illegal sports betting and gambling scandal. (Image: Amazon Prime)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This week, the FBI unsealed two federal indictments naming more than 30 defendants who allegedly engaged in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/americans-attitudes-legal-sports-betting-sour-nba-scandal-highlights\/\">unlawful sports betting and gambling operation<\/a>, with the rigged poker component thought to have involved New York crime families. Several current and former NBA players, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/chauncey-billups-and-terry-rozier-arrested-gambling-allegations\/\">including Terry Rozier<\/a>, NBA Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups, and Damon Jones, were named in the charges.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This is the insider trading saga for the NBA,\u201d FBI Director Kash Patel said Thursday. \u201cIt\u2019s not thousands of dollars. It\u2019s not tens of thousands of dollars. It\u2019s not even millions of dollars. We\u2019re talking about tens of millions of dollars in fraud, theft, and robbery.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Rozier is accused of throwing games and faking injuries for the benefit of his illegal sports gambling cohorts. Jones is accused of selling inside information about the status of key players, including LeBron James, to bettors looking for an edge on the books. Billups is alleged to have participated in an illegal poker scheme with mob ties.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Congress Demands Answers<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On Friday, the bipartisan leaders of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/energycommerce.house.gov\/posts\/bipartisan-e-and-c-leaders-request-briefing-from-nba-commissioner-adam-silver-following-allegations-of-sports-fixing-and-illegal-gambling\">letter<\/a> to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver requesting that he testify before the panel, which has jurisdiction over interstate commerce, consumer protection, and sports, regarding the federal sports fixing and illegal gambling indictments.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The committee is seeking the NBA\u2019s insights about the insider sports betting trading, which actions it intends to take to limit the disclosure of nonpublic information for illegal purposes, and whether the league\u2019s Code of Conduct effectively prohibits such illegal activity. The committee members are also asking for an explanation of how the NBA\u2019s current regulations might have allowed the matter at hand to be executed, and if the league is reevaluating the terms of its sports betting partnerships.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The hearing will presumably also discuss player props, or bets in which a player can singlehandedly influence.<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Silver \u2018Deeply Disturbed\u2019<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Silver was interviewed about the FBI bombshell during Friday night\u2019s game between the Boston Celtics at the New York Knicks.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">My initial reaction was that I was deeply disturbed. There\u2019s nothing more important to the league and its fans than the integrity of the competition. I had a pit in my stomach. It was very upsetting,\u201d Silver said on Amazon Prime Video, during the streaming service\u2019s first NBA broadcast.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI apologize to our fans that we are all dealing with this situation,\u201d Silver said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Silver also answered for the NBA\u2019s unfruitful probe of Rozier\u2019s illegal conduct, as alleged by the FBI, when sportsbooks in 2023 tipped the league off to suspicious betting activity surrounding his player props.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We frankly couldn\u2019t find anything,\u201d Silver said. \u201cTerry cooperated. He gave the league his phone. He sat down for an interview. We ultimately concluded that were was insufficient evidence despite the aberrational behavior to move forward.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Silver concluded by saying Rozier hasn\u2019t been convicted of anything, but he acknowledged that \u201cit doesn\u2019t look good.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/congress-requests-briefing-from-nba-commissioner-disturbed\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted on: October 25, 2025, 03:19h.\u00a0 Last updated on: October 25, 2025, 03:19h. 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