A strip of wood unearthed during 2001 excavations at the site of the ancient Japanese capital city of Fujiwara-kyo is a far more sophisticated artifact than it appears at first glance. After more than ...

HISTORIANS of mathematics attribute the first use of the cross x as a symbol for multiplication to William Oughtred (“Clavis Mathematicae”, London, 1631). See W. W. R. Ball's “Short Account of the ...

A Basketball Hall of Famer. X-ray poker tables. The Mafia. They were all purportedly crucial to an alleged yearslong illegal poker rigging scheme that resulted in 31 federal indictments this week. The ...

FBI: Betting scam used rigged card shufflers, X-ray tables Former Las Vegas bookmaker Art Manteris discusses ‘mind-blowing’ revelations about the rigged poker games an NBA coach and mafia were ...

Celebrities, professional sports stars and wealthy gamblers sat at a table hoping to win big in a game of Texas Hold 'Em. But they didn't know it was nearly impossible. They were "fishes" allegedly ...

The accused ran a sports betting ring and underground poker operation that used insider NBA information, high-tech cheating tools.

Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and former Cleveland Cavaliers player and coach Damon Jones were arrested on charges related to their alleged participation in the illegal poker games ...

Card-reading contact lenses, X-ray poker tables, trays of poker chips that read cards, hacked shuffling machines that predict hands. The technology alleged to have been used to execute a multistate, ...

Chauncey Billups is allegedly a featured player in an underground poker ring in which he and former NBA player Damon Jones are accused of colluding with three Mafia families to lure players to illegal ...

(CNN) — You can picture the scene. Tucked somewhere between the glitter and grit of Manhattan, a room wafting smoke with the rhythm of a poker game seemingly like any other: Cards whisper against felt ...

The breathtaking methods the Mafia allegedly used to rig poker games and take millions of dollars from unsuspecting players have been exposed, according to the US government. More than 30 people have ...