Senate Demands NBA Hand Over Gambling Investigation Files
The U.S. Senate is demanding answers from the NBA after last week’s bombshell federal indictments hit the basketball world.
Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, and former player and coach Damon Jones are all facing federal charges related to gambling activities.
Now, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation wants to see everything the NBA has on the matter.
Senator Ted Cruz and his committee colleagues didn’t mince words, calling the situation a “Congressional concern” in their letter to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver.
They’re asking for all the league’s gambling policies, every investigation since 2020, and any communications between the NBA, sportsbooks, and integrity monitors.
“The integrity of NBA games must be trustworthy and free from the influence of organized crime or gambling-related activity,” the committee wrote.
They added a stark warning: “Sports betting scandals like this one may lead the American public to assume that all sports are corrupt.”
This is actually the second letter Congress has sent since the indictments dropped.
Lawmakers seem particularly interested in Rozier’s case. They’re demanding to see why the NBA’s internal review cleared him to keep playing despite the suspicious activity that federal prosecutors have now charged him for.
“This Committee needs to understand the specifics of the NBA’s investigation and why Rozier was cleared,” they wrote.
The feds claim Rozier shared inside information, deliberately took himself out of at least one game early, and made money off bets placed with that knowledge.
What’s raising eyebrows is that the NBA had already looked into “unusual betting activity” on Rozier’s under bets back in March 2023. The league announced in January 2025 that they found no violations.
Silver has defended the league’s investigation.
“We couldn’t find anything,” he said, explaining that Rozier cooperated fully by turning over his phone and sitting for interviews.
“We ultimately concluded that there was insufficient evidence, despite that aberrational behavior,” Silver added.
The NBA says it’s working with federal authorities and stands by its integrity program.
But with Congress breathing down their necks and public trust at stake, the league is facing perhaps its biggest transparency test in years.
