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Prosecution Still Working at BetonSports Case

Rachel Carstens — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:18:58 +0000

The BetonSports saga is still going on. The arrest of its top executives, David Carruthers and Gary Kaplan, ended BetonSports’ operations. Both of them are facing charges related to operating an illegal online casino gambling operation for the U.S. market, money laundering and some other related charges. Besides, three new promoters associated with the company have been recently arrested. And they agree to plead guilty to promotion-related charges and help the prosecution in their cases against Carruthers, Kaplan and other top executives. In exchange for that the case is promised to be dropped. Despite it, Kaplan is still upholding his own defense plan and doesn’t plead guilty.

The recently arrested promoters are Florida residents and are known to have assisted BetonSports with marketing and promotion opportunities in the U.S. online gambling market.

Federal Prosecutors Scores a Major Jackpot

Mark Newman — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:49:48 +0000

Three Florida residents, members of the same family, William (Bill) Hernan Lenis, 55, Manny Lenis, 29, and Will Lenis, 28, were pleaded guilty in a St. Louis federal court on charges related to online gambling.

Lenis’ Mobile Promotion firm deployed a number of motor homes across the USA which were designed to advertise and promote BetOnSports products and services.

Prospective gamblers were easily targeted and encouraged to gamble online at various sports event where the motor homes were sent to. In addition to that, the firm was also collecting signatures to have US gambling laws amended.

Tennis Betting Issues

Rachel Carstens — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:51:32 +0000

Gamblers and bettors are able to bet on any sport or the game in the world unless it is tennis. Because of the suspicious betting patterns and comments that were made by one of the tennis players involved, tennis betting is being scrutinized by online casinos. Besides, the Association of Tennis Professionals has increased its pressure to stop tennis wagering.

It has become known that two poker professionals have been investigated and suspended for betting on tennis matches despite ATP’s rules against tennis betting at the land and online casino betting companies. Though being not found to have participated in the betting scandal, the two tennis players, Frantisek Cermak and Michal Mertinak, have been suspended as a result of breaking the rules.

This way, the ATP has proved that it is coming down hard on any tennis pros who choose to gamble on tennis matches.

New Legislation to Cover Internet Betting in Beligium

Nellie Smith — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:12:27 +0000

Online betting is one of the fastest growing sectors in the online gambling industry, and it is not showing any signs of slowing down. No doubt, the gambling legislation should be updated and it should include provisions for online wagering.

Thanks to the outside pressure from the European Union, some European countries have already have already made progress in liberalizing online gambling industry. And Belgium is the latest European country “to express a less protective stance on State-run casino and lottery gambling monopolies, and more goodwill toward the online gambling industry as a whole”.

New gambling legislation in Belgium will permit the National Lottery to go online. As a result, the online gambling market will be opened for private operators. According to the opinion of some analysts, it could happen as early as 2009.