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Billups and 30 others await plea deals in rigged poker ring case

Chauncey Billups and 30 others are set to return to a Brooklyn federal courthouse as prosecutors hint at potential plea deals for nearly two dozen defendants in a nationwide rigged poker ring.

Chauncey Billups and 30 others are scheduled to return to a Brooklyn federal courthouse on Wednesday. Federal prosecutors have informed the judge that they could reach plea deals with nearly two dozen people charged in October for their alleged roles in a nationwide rigged poker ring.