U.K. online gambling site BetOnSports on Thursday settled civil chargesfiled by U.S. prosecutors, agreeing to permanently ban any wagers placedfrom the U.S., the Associated Press reported. The settlement does not applyto separate criminal charges the U.S. brought against BetOnSports CEO DavidCarruthers, who was arrested while traveling through the U.S. in July, andother BetOnSports employees. Carruthers, […]
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Deputy city council speaker Chiu Fang-chin of Chiayi, southern Taiwan, andhis wife Chen Chiu-kuei were allegedly engaged in operating a multinationalonline gambling Web site in cooperation with other people, prosecutors saidyesterday. Chiu was released after being interrogated by prosecutors on hisalleged role in the case, due mainly to the Chiayi City Council still havinga session. […]
All 23 people charged with offences relating to an illegal gambling den atSenegal’s consulate in Singapore have posted bail and are scheduled toreturn to court, news reports said on Saturday. The five people accused ofassisting in managing the consulate’s premises as a gambling house eachposted 20,000 Singapore dollars (19,600 US dollars) bail on Friday and […]
The Football Association (FA) is to investigate allegations made by a formerbookmaker that several Premiership managers have placed bets on top-flightfixtures. It is understood that a former employee of the offshore bookmakersVictor Chandler made the accusations about four managers, one of whose betstotaled 12 million pounds in one year. Various claims were also made aboutthe […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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. […]
Nobody has studied gambling and its effects more closely than Professor MarkGriffiths, who has written 170 research papers and two books on the subject.He has also served as an adviser to three Government departments,aconsultantto the Gaming Board and a leading member of two charities dealingwith the fallout from gambling addiction. In short, he is a […]
Reversing their decision of a decade ago, Clark County voters approvedlegalized gambling for the county by a wide margin yesterday. It was thethird time the question had been put to a referendum in the county. In 1993and 1995 it was rejected by margins of about 2,000 votes, out of about26,000 cast. “I’m not a bit […]