Antonio Blakeney is reportedly not just one of the defendants in the federal investigation into a college basketball betting scheme.
Key Takeaways
- Blakeney is reportedly the “at times” NBA player listed in the “Nothing But Bet” federal case who profited from the scheme.
- Journalist Pablo Torre says the former LSU and NBA player is linked to Terry Rozier and multiple co-defendants.
- Blakeney is included in the federal NCAA basketball case as a recruiter for the scheme.
Sports journalist Pablo Torre reported on his YouTube show “Pablo Torre Finds Out” that the former LSU and Chicago Bulls basketball player is an unnamed co-conspirator heavily linked to Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and the NBA’s biggest gambling scandal since PASPA was overturned in 2018.
During his Thursday show, Torre said multiple sources named Blakeney as “co-conspirator 1” in the “Nothing But Bet” indictment that includes Rozier, who’s accused by federal prosecutors of manipulating his playing time in a 2023 NBA game to help himself and a group of bettors profit on the unders for his player props.
“Co-Conspirator 1” was said to be an NBA player “at times” and a Florida resident who was profiting from inside information. His name is only known to the grand jury, according to the indictment from October 2025, when Rozier was arrested.
Torre linked Blakeney to Rozier, as well as named co-defendants and known bettors Marves Fairley and Deniro Laster, whom Rozier allegedly informed he was going to leave a game early. Torre also uncovered publicly sent Venmo payments from Blakeney to Fairley and Instagram videos of Fairley and Blakeney celebrating a winning bet.
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Chinese connection
Blakeney was listed as a defendant in last month’s unsealed federal indictment for recruiting NCAA players to join a betting scheme.
Through his investigation, Torre believes the genesis of the highly publicized betting scheme, which also includes former NBA player Jontay Porter and dozens of defendants, comes from Blakeney’s time in the Chinese Basketball Association.
Torre said on his show that the game fixers used Blakeney and teammates he recruited to see if their betting scheme would work when he was playing for the Jiangsu Dragons before trying it out on U.S. leagues and players.
Torre’s investigative team has reached out to Blakeney’s lawyer and tried to get comments from Blakeney, who’s playing professionally in Israel, but the player has not spoken to the media since the indictment was unsealed.
Facing charges
Blakeney is also accused of accepting $200,000 left in his storage unit from Fairley as payment and proceeds for point-shaving and game fixing during the 2022-2023 CBA season.
If convicted of wire fraud charges, Blakeney faces up to 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and three years of supervised release.
Rozier, who pleaded not guilty, and the co-defendants in the FBI’s “Nothing But Bet” case are scheduled to appear in court on March 3.
