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Online Poker Probe Casts Ominous Shadow Over 2009 WSOP
As the 2009 World Series of Poker final table is set to get underway this weekend, fears are mounting that US authorities might try to make a powerful statement by announcing new indictments into a
BetonSports Siblings Sentenced to House Arrest
Following news that BetonSports.com founder, Gary Kaplan, will serve just over a year in prison, reports have surfaced that family members will be assigned to house arrest.
Brother, Neil Scott Kaplan, and sister, Lori Beth Kaplan-Multz, who had worked for the company, pleaded guilty in June to two felony conspiracy charges and agreed to turn over more than $6 million held in Swiss bank accounts, according to a report in the St. Louis Dispatch.
Kaplan Will Be Free In Just Over a year
BetonSports founder Gary Kaplan has already served most of his sentence and, as such, will only be incarcerated for another year and couple of months.
Disgraced Ex-NBA Referee Tim Donaghy to be Released
By Frank Fitzpatrick, Philly Inquirer Staff Writer
Online Gambling Processors Cave in to US Attorney Office
The Optimal Group Inc.
Online Gambling: Golden Casino Still at Center of MD Investigation
An investigation into online gambling payment processors by the US Attorney's office out of Baltimore, Maryland continues to hone in on the Internet casino Golden Casino.
New York Racing Operation Owner Tied to BetOnLine Case
By Matt Hegarty
Andrew Berg, the owner of the New York-based racing operation Gumpster Stable, surrendered his license to the New York State Racing and Wagering Board on Oct. 21 after being indicted on charges of recruiting people to bet through an illegal gambling operation (BetOnLine.com), according to regulators and law-enforcement officials.
Phillies Fan Offered Sex for World Series Tickets
Philadelphia Phillies fan Susan Finklestein wanted World Series tickets bad.....REAL BAD!
Poker Site Makes Wilmette Police Blotter
From the Wilmette, Illinois local paper police blotter:
Poker Player Faces Up To 24 Years Behind Bars
DENVER - A gambler who bet the house on an illegal poker and sports-betting operation in Denver with several high-stakes or well-known players, lost it all on Monday when he pleaded guilty to a fel
Accused Money Launderer No Longer Involved With Processor
The lawyer for one of two people charged in a probe into online gambling payment processors has told a l
It’s Business As Usual At BetOnLine.com Despite Arrests
BetOnLine.com reps insist that customers monies are safe and that they have nothing to do with any credit business even after thirty individuals connected with the Panama City-based online gambling
Poker Player Who Killed Parents Won’t Get Death Penalty
The Alameda County District Attorney's Office will not seek the death penalty for Ernest Scherer III, now 31, who is accused of killing both his parents. former San Ramon Valley schools trustee Ernest Scherer Jr., 60 and Charlene Abendroth, 57, a longtime Cal State East Bay accounting lecturer, were both found brutally stabbed and beaten to death in their Pleasanton home last year. Both the father and son were well known on the professional poker circuit.
BOL Loon Claimed Bookie Tried to Have Him Killed
We received the call a little over two years ago. The tipster told Gambling911.com that BetOnLinec.com was "under investigation" and that "we should report this".
The individual calling us claimed to have been a partner with Joseph Fafone, who on Tuesday was arrested at the Rochester, New York Airport as part of a Queens District Attorney's investigation into BetOnLine.
"I am working with the Feds," said the tipster. "I have to. My life is in danger."
Maryland Online Gambling Investigation Seizes Emails
California online payment-processor, Electracash, Inc., continues to be charged by federal investigators out of Maryland who are in the midst of probing the industry. The primary target appears t
New York Media Eats Up Bet On Line “Mob” Connections
The indictments and subsequent arrests of several individuals connected with the Panama-based online gambling site, BetOnLine.com, has taken center stage in the New York media, painting everyone as
Former BetonSports CEO Carruthers Running Marathons
Riverfront Times
Tue., Oct. 20 2009
By Kristen Hinman
PokerListings Founder Andreas Oscarsson Murder for Hire
Swedish authorities investigating the murder of PokerListings.com founder Andreas Oscarsson are working on the assumption that the incident was a contract killing.
Gambling Godmother Captured
SHANGHAI - The Chongqing Mafia cleanup that has been grabbing headlines across China for nearly five months got a whole lot more exciting this week when the only woman alleged to be a gang boss app
Cheats Overtake Mobsters on Vegas Black List
Mobsters and those connected with the mob are now the minority among Las Vegas's infamous casino Black Book.
Of the 21 people banned from Nevada casinos between 1990 and 2000, most had alleged mob connections, according to a report in the Las Vegas Sun. From 2001 to today, only seven names were added to the list, and all except one were casino cheats.
Is Pitbull Poker Running a New Scam
For the third time in less than a week, embattled online poker site, Pitbull Poker is back in the news once again. As was previously reported, the site, which has ceased operations amid allegations of using superuser accounts to cheat its customers out of money, as well as having their leadership placed under arrest, did some curious tweaking to their website yesterday.
Things Getting Even Worse for Pitbull Poker
When your offices close up shop and your boss is placed under arrest, normally, things can't get much worse for your company. However, things really are getting worse for the newly defunct Pitbull Poker and its operators with the news that after learning that the site was in fact doing shady things against its customer, players are now seriously considering taking legal action against them.
22 Robbed at Private Poker Game In Oklahoma
Police are searching for two men in connection with last week's robbery of 22 people during what police described as a "private poker party" in northwest Oklahoma City.
Yankees Pitcher Jailed for Vegas Gambling Debts
Shawn Chacon, who once pitched for the New York Yankees, was arrested Monday in Greeley, Colorado, for a warrant that alleges he wrote bad checks to Ceasar's Palace in Las Vegas last spring.
Gambler Swindles $500K From Priest
AN elderly Catholic priest was conned into handing over nearly $500,000 to a drug-using gambler, a court has heard.
Full Tilt Poker Lawsuit Details Released
The folks from Pokerati.com have obtained the latest lawsuit against Full Tilt Poker in its entirety, all 19 pages of
Racketeering Schemes Had Ties to Internet Gambling
BY Jose Martinez and Brian Kates
