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Online Gambling Conference Shuts Down After ArrestsNews Story
David Carruthers became the latest poster boy or scapegoat, depending on one's perspective when he was arrested in Dallas on charges of racketeering, conspiracy and an illegal online gambling enterprise. While on a layover to Costa Rica, where his company is based, Carruthers, chief executive officer for BetOnSports was arrested and detained on Sunday, forcing the online gambling community to take note. Carruthers' arrest seems to have spooked online gaming executives. A major gaming con
Jul 21, 2006, 7:30 am - Todd - Lottery News

Breakfast buddies file suit over lottery ticketReply
You're definitely right about the lack of info. It seems the reporter didn't think to ask many questions of the lottery department or the plaintiffs. The defendant probably shouldn't have answered many questiona even if they were asked.As for the proof issue, a lawyer working a civil case on contingency may be willing to press a case that isn't really strong in the hopes that the defendant will offer a settlement that makes the lawyer's time worthwhile, and , maybe we're just looking at it from
Dec 31, 2005, 5:52 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Experts: Online-Gambling Ban Won't WorkNews Story
Gamblers may look over their shoulder now, but experts say a new Internet gambling ban won't keep bettors from ponying up, just turn them on to overseas payment services out of the law's reach. It has put a terrible scare into people, said I. Nelson Rose, who teaches gambling law at Whittier Law School. But it won't by any means wipe out Internet gambling. The fright swept through the $12 billion industry on the heels of the recent arrests of two gambling company executives and a new l
Nov 12, 2006, 9:08 am - Todd - Lottery News

British pro gambler took aim at $25.8M CT Lotto jackpot, buying hundreds of thousands of ticketsNews Story
Lottery officials monitored everything as it happened Good afternoon, Pete. Just letting you know that we have been monitoring the sales of an individual who is spending an enormous amount of money on the lotto game. That's what Mark Walerysiak, the security director at the Connecticut Lottery Corp. (CLC), wrote in an email on Oct. 28 to Peter Hsieh, the gaming division director for the state Department of Consumer Protection (DCP). The email was the beginning of an intriguing yarn ab
Nov 8, 2019, 2:36 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Iowa lawmakers, casinos, lottery 'all in' for sports bettingReply
[quote] Tom Chapman, a lobbyist for the Iowa Catholic Conference, isn't convinced the state can make gambling safer. He is confident, though, if sports betting is made legal, there will be more of it. From a Catholic perspective, as long as it's recreational in an atmosphere of moderation and control, it's OK, Chapman said. But for many people, that's not the case. There will be a certain percentage who will become addicted, and we will see more bankruptcies, more family issues. Th
Jul 12, 2018, 2:11 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery News

U.S. Supreme Court overturns federal sports-wagering banReply
Bookies aren't going to like this at all. At some point in the late 1980s Delaware flirted with sports betting. Instead of going to the actual lines makers though they had state employees guess at what the odds should be. Word of this got out in Nevada and wise guys were flying to Delaware to profit from the skewed odds, and profit they did. This will get interesting if it catches on though. It's said that the point spread only affects 1% of football games. Most people who bet it say t
May 14, 2018, 7:52 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery News

US delays crackdown on Internet gamblingReply
Maybe online casino's can program their website's to rip people off, but to punish banks and credit card companies is just not right. They shouldn't have to police every account..It's costly. And we don't live in a socialist country..Or a 'dictatorship'. We live as a free people in a 'Republic'! If the Government doesn't like it, tough! They do a lot of things I don't like! But unfortunately, I'm outvoted! They should punish the people creating the online gambling sites. that rip people
Dec 2, 2009, 11:18 am - RodBeaton - Lottery News

Delaware bill would legalize sports gamblingNews Story
A bill was introduced in the Delaware General Assembly May 31 that, if passed, would allow sports gambling in Delaware making it the only state east of the Mississippi where sports wagering would be legal.Under the legislation, businesses could apply for gambling licenses through the Delaware State Lottery office, allowing them to take bets on sport events such as football or baseball games.The bill, SB 135, is sponsored by state Sen. George H. Bunting, D-Ocean View.If passed, individuals coul
Jun 15, 2005, 2:33 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Two Mexico lotteries set to mergeNews Story
In a bid to reverse its deficit Mexican lottery La Loter a Nacional para la Asistencia P blica (Lotenal) will merge with the other state lottery Pron sticos para la Asistencia P blica (Pron sticos). Lotenal which owes $540m in back taxes will merge with Pron sticos as it responds to the challenge set by President Andr s Manuel L pez Obrador, said the agency's director, Ernesto Prieto Ortega. It is a question of this decentralized body returning to the purpose for which it was founded in 1
Mar 11, 2019, 8:56 am - Todd - Lottery News

DOJ reverses 2011 opinion of the Wire Act; legal online gaming in questionReply
Got an email from the Poker Alliance with their take on the new DOJ ruling. They contention is the 1961 Wire Act applied to sports betting on sporting contests. Here's a conversation between Senator Estes Kefauver and Assistant Attorney General Herbert Miller in 1961: Senator Kefauver: I can see that telephones would be used in sporting contests, and it is used quite substantially in the numbers games, too. How about laying off bets by the use of telephones and laying off bets in big time gam
Jan 17, 2019, 8:34 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News