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Federal indictments mention a figure of approximately $7 million defrauded through these illicit gambling networks. However, based on sources and personal connections within affected communities, estimates suggest that actual losses might surpass $50 million—possibly reaching $100 million—when factoring in unreported damages and victims outside the immediate known network. The reasoning stems from the observation that these schemes operated over several years, often with individual players losing tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars per game, which makes the initial dollar figure appear one-tenth or less than the real scale of damage.