{"id":458422,"date":"2018-07-12T17:01:53","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T17:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=458422"},"modified":"2025-07-18T04:17:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T04:17:31","slug":"ex-toronto-raptor-charles-oakley-arrested-accused-of-cheating-at-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=458422","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Toronto Raptor Charles Oakley arrested, accused of cheating at casino"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"In<\/p>\n

Former Toronto Raptors power forward Charles Oakley was arrested Sunday, accused of cheating at a Las Vegas casino. <\/p>\n

The <\/p>\n

New York Daily News<\/a><\/p>\n

reports Oakley was cuffed at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas casino for allegedly trying to cheat while gambling before he was going to lose. <\/p>\n

\n

Charles Oakley Arrested In Las Vegas, Casino Says He Cheated https:\/\/t.co\/lBKzg0B3b2<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 TMZ (@TMZ) July 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In a statement to the news outlet, the Nevada Gaming Board said the 54-year-old Oakley is \u201csuspected of adding to or reducing his wager on a gambling game after the outcome was known.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not known what game Oakley was playing at The Cosmopolitan, but <\/p>\n

TMZ<\/a><\/p>\n

reported the incident was captured on surveillance video. <\/p>\n

A source told TMZ Oakley tried to take back a $100 chip after learning he was going to lose the game. <\/p>\n

Oakley was reportedly confronted after being caught. The casino\u2019s security reviewed the video footage and confirmed the basketball star had allegedly cheated. <\/p>\n

He was arrested and charged with committing or attempting to commit a fraudulent act in a gaming establishment. If convicted he could face up to six years in prison. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an insignificant matter that will be quickly resolved,\u201d a source from Oakley\u2019s camp told TMZ. <\/p>\n

Oakley\u2019s NBA career spanned close to 20 years. The former NBA All-Star played three seasons with the Raptors from 1998 to 2001. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former Toronto Raptors power forward Charles Oakley was arrested Sunday, accused of cheating at a Las Vegas casino. The New York Daily News reports Oakley […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":458425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458422"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=458422"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":458429,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458422\/revisions\/458429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/458425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=458422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=458422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=458422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}