Poker Player/Baseball Scout Taken Down in Online Gambling Ring

[nyc999]

Anyone hear about this?

MSNBC Link

[Dynasty]

I just saw this reported on FoxNews. They mentioned it was the first bust of this kind since the internet gambling bill passed.

[MiltonFriedman]

There are a couple of threads in Legislation, including the Queens DA's press release

[FrankStallone]

Pete the beat... I thought he sold hewlit packards?

[freekobe]

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I just saw this reported on FoxNews. They mentioned it was the first bust of this kind since the internet gambling bill passed.

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From the article:

"Though the gambling ring relied on a Web site, it was different from the online betting operations targeted by recent federal legislation. "

[AngusThermopyle]

Really has nothing to do with the new law.
His laptop HD was copied last June.

Like the WSOP ME guy busted in San Antonio.

[MiltonFriedman]

I read the Queens DA's press release and there was nothing in it about a poker player.

[magoo]

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Anyone hear about this?

MSNBC Link

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All that says, the Feds are the "muscle" for Harrah's, keeping everyone else off Harrah's gaming turf. That's what it amounts to. The only difference between those gamblers and Harrah's is the politicians and lobbyists Harrah's has in it's back pocket.

[Dynasty]

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All that says, the Feds are the "muscle" for Harrah's, keeping everyone else off Harrah's gaming turf. That's what it amounts to. The only difference between those gamblers and Harrah's is the politicians and lobbyists Harrah's has in it's back pocket.

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I thought the politicians were in the back pocket of Big Oil? Or was it Wall Street? Or Microsoft?

[AngusThermopyle]

Like if every bookie in the US were arrested, every Tom, Dick, and Harry would go to LV to place their bets instead.

Wonder how much action the LV books get from out of state bookies laying off bets with them via intermediaries.