It was called “Operation Rotten Apple,” and New York City police andprosecutors said today that there was indeed something rotten – in the formof a mob-run sports betting operation – in the Big Apple’s wholesale producemarket at Hunts Point in the Bronx. The operation uncovered a relativelymodest gambling ring generating about $200,000 a year in […]
Monthly Archives: November 2006
One of the biggest Internet gambling companies in the world has decided toleave the United States market. BetOnSports has settled a federal civillawsuit filed in St. Louis by promising refunds to customers and cooperationin a separate criminal case. BetOnSports will ban accepting United Statesbets through all of its Web sites and telephone numbers. The company […]
Three days after the Ohio Investigative Unit issued a moratorium tellingliquor permit holders to remove their Tic Tac Fruit machines from theirpremises by Saturday, a Franklin County Judge granted a restraining orderagainst the Ohio Department of Public Safety that prevents the unit fromseizing the gambling machines until the issue is considered in FranklinCounty Common Pleas […]
The commander of the Bowling Green Veterans of Foreign Wars Post and hisgirlfriend have been charged federally with arson and running an illegalgambling business. Donald Mudd, 65, and Martha Towe, 53, both of 600 FairwaySt., also are accused of money laundering, illegal structuring of monetarytransactions and mail fraud. The couple was indicted Wednesday by a […]
U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway reached a settlement Thursday with onlinegambling company BetOnSports PLC which permanently bars the London-basedcompany from accepting any bets from the United States. The settlement endsa massive civil case Hanaway filed this summer. The settlement also requiresBetOnSports to open a toll-free telephone service to inform bettors how theycan reclaim wagers pending before […]
The commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars post 1298 has been indicted on anarson charge for allegedly setting a fire in August that destroyed theBowling Green building where the group met. Donald Mudd also was indicted ongambling charges, according to a news release issued by the Kentucky Officeof Charitable Gaming. Martha Towe, who allegedly helped […]
Fort Wayne and Indiana State Excise Police confiscated parts of CherryMaster video gambling machines from a Fort Wayne strip mall late Thursday.Fort Wayne police Sgt. Mark Walters said police received an anonymous tipthat a wanted fugitive from Huntington County was gambling at the strip malloff East State Boulevard, east of Maplecrest Road. The caller told […]
Betonsports PLC, a U.K. Internet gambling firm under indictment and thesubject of a U.S. government lawsuit, agreed to cease operations in the U.S.to settle the civil litigation. U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson in St.Louis federal court Thursday approved the accord banning Betonsports. Thecompany and 11 people, including founder Gary Kaplan and former ChiefExecutive Officer David […]
Online gamblers miffed at recent federal legislation that seeks to blockInternet gambling were cheering after Representative Jim Leach, R-Iowa, thesponsor of the anti-gaming legislation, was defeated in this week’selection. “A victory for Internet gambling as Jim Leach gets voted out,”crowed Gambling911, a pro-gambling Web site, for instance. Leach had servedfor 30 years as a congressman […]
State officials have decided not to enforce new rules prohibiting the use ofpaid workers at any gambling fundraisers by charities until after theupcoming legislative session. Some charity groups are protesting the newregulations adopted Thursday by the Indiana Gaming Commission, saying therules could make it impossible for them to organize any gambling events. Thenew rule, however, […]
Skilled gaming” often is gambling in sheep’s clothing, Ohio Attorney GeneralJim Petro has ruled. That means it is illegal in Ohio, providing someonedoesn’t take the issue to court and gain a decision in favor of “skilledgaming.” “Skilled gaming” involves machines that look and operate much likevideo gambling machines. But operators of the devices claim that, […]
The online gambling industry, facing billions in losses because of a newU.S. law, is scrambling for ways to keep Americans in its game. PresidentBush signed legislation in mid-October that bars U.S. banks and financialfirms from sending credit card payments or other funds to sites involved inonline gambling, which is mostly illegal in the United States. […]
Skilled gaming” often is gambling in sheep’s clothing, Ohio Attorney GeneralJim Petro has ruled. That means it is illegal in Ohio, providing someonedoesn’t take the issue to court and gain a decision in favor of “skilledgaming.” “Skilled gaming” involves machines that look and operate much likevideo gambling machines. But operators of the devices claim that, […]
Voters in Clark County have approved legalized gambling by a wide margin.That doesn’t necessarily mean the county that borders the Ohio River willget a casino, though. One of the existing 11 riverboats would have to movefrom another location or the state Legislature would have to authorize a12th license. Unofficial results show the gambling referendum passed […]