Marty bought it and through the grapevine I hear he paid $2 million...
The grapevine also tells me he hopes to recoup that investment in less than 3 years...
And I sincerely hope he does, but with these right-wingers going bananas here, trying to end Internet gambling (which is so foolish, but more on that later), I am sure Marty is a bit worried about his investment now...
Might be wise to hire a few lobbyists and send them to D.C. and try and talk some sense into these dumbass politicians and maybe mention that it would be MUCH WISER to legalize gambling in the U.S. and regulate it and tax it, which will give these dumbass Congressman even more of our money to waste...
The grapevine also tells me he hopes to recoup that investment in less than 3 years...
And I sincerely hope he does, but with these right-wingers going bananas here, trying to end Internet gambling (which is so foolish, but more on that later), I am sure Marty is a bit worried about his investment now...
Might be wise to hire a few lobbyists and send them to D.C. and try and talk some sense into these dumbass politicians and maybe mention that it would be MUCH WISER to legalize gambling in the U.S. and regulate it and tax it, which will give these dumbass Congressman even more of our money to waste...
Lemme let u in on a little secret,
They already have made the deal to ban online gambling by now if thats what they want.
If their intention is to truly ban it, its already done. No amount of lobbying will help. These deals are as simple as a golf course handshake.
Hope not but you better protect yourself.
They already have made the deal to ban online gambling by now if thats what they want.
If their intention is to truly ban it, its already done. No amount of lobbying will help. These deals are as simple as a golf course handshake.
Hope not but you better protect yourself.
Allow me to let you in on a little secret...
Money talks...
And oh by the way, if the U.S. Government thinks that banning online gambling in the U.S. is going to stop online gambling in the U.S., then it proves just how stupid they can be...
It would be kind of amazing though...
The Government is supposed to be of the people, by the people, for the people, and here we are as taxpayers sending money to a corrupt government every year, who not only wastes our hard-earned money every year, they waste it doing BS that we don't even want them to do...
How many millions and millions and hundreds of millions of dollars is the Government going to spend trying to put an end to an Internet gambling?...
The vast majority of people in this country do NOT want their rights and freedoms taken away from us...
And yet that is exactly what the Government intends to do with banning gambling on the Internet...And they are going to spend our tax dollars to infringe on our rights and freedoms...
How did prohibition turn out?...
If the Government is going to sepnd money on this issue, then LEGALIZE gambling in the U.S....Regulate it and TAX it...Then the billions and billions of dollars flowing to offshore books STAYS in the U.S. and becomes taxable income...Jobs, LOTS of jobs get created...
It's a win-win for the U.S., yet government officials are blinded by right-wing agendas and zealots...
Offshore books will find ways to get U.S. money...And as far as the people who will be deterred from spending their money overseas goes...Well, they will simply go back to the local bookies and then we will have more crime on our own streets...It'll give the mob more income, the kneebreakers will be back in business, and an already busy police force will be that much busier and over-worked...
Again, I ask, how did prohibition turn out?...
Anyway, enough...
Money talks...
And oh by the way, if the U.S. Government thinks that banning online gambling in the U.S. is going to stop online gambling in the U.S., then it proves just how stupid they can be...
It would be kind of amazing though...
The Government is supposed to be of the people, by the people, for the people, and here we are as taxpayers sending money to a corrupt government every year, who not only wastes our hard-earned money every year, they waste it doing BS that we don't even want them to do...
How many millions and millions and hundreds of millions of dollars is the Government going to spend trying to put an end to an Internet gambling?...
The vast majority of people in this country do NOT want their rights and freedoms taken away from us...
And yet that is exactly what the Government intends to do with banning gambling on the Internet...And they are going to spend our tax dollars to infringe on our rights and freedoms...
How did prohibition turn out?...
If the Government is going to sepnd money on this issue, then LEGALIZE gambling in the U.S....Regulate it and TAX it...Then the billions and billions of dollars flowing to offshore books STAYS in the U.S. and becomes taxable income...Jobs, LOTS of jobs get created...
It's a win-win for the U.S., yet government officials are blinded by right-wing agendas and zealots...
Offshore books will find ways to get U.S. money...And as far as the people who will be deterred from spending their money overseas goes...Well, they will simply go back to the local bookies and then we will have more crime on our own streets...It'll give the mob more income, the kneebreakers will be back in business, and an already busy police force will be that much busier and over-worked...
Again, I ask, how did prohibition turn out?...
Anyway, enough...
Arrest Made in Crackdown on Internet Betting
By MATT RICHTEL
Published: July 18, 2006
By MATT RICHTEL
Published: July 18, 2006
In a sharp escalation of their crackdown on Internet gambling, United States prosecutors said yesterday that they were pressing charges against the chief executive of BetOnSports, a prominent Internet gambling company that is publicly traded in Britain, and against several other current and former company officers.
Federal authorities arrested the chief executive, David Carruthers, late Sunday as he was on layover at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on his way from Britain to Costa Rica. In a hearing yesterday in Federal District Court in Fort Worth, he was charged with racketeering conspiracy for participating in an illegal gambling enterprise.
Also at the hearing, the court granted the government’s request for a temporary restraining order preventing BetOnSports from accepting wagers from customers in the United States and requiring it to return money held in the accounts of American customers.
In addition to Mr. Carruthers, the government filed charges against 10 other people involved with BetOnSports and with three Florida marketing companies that prosecutors say were involved in promoting illegal gambling.
The charges, particularly those against Mr. Carruthers, who runs a company that has been a symbol of the investment potential of offshore casinos, raise complex legal and political questions. And they are the most direct attack in several years on offshore Internet casinos, setting up a showdown with an industry that has grown increasingly brazen in promoting online wagering in the United States.
The gambling sites allow people to place bets on sporting events and play casino games like blackjack from their computers. The companies keep their computer servers in places like the Isle of Man, Antigua and Costa Rica, where BetOnSports has its operating headquarters.
A BetOnSports spokesman declined to comment, saying the company’s board was meeting late last night to assess the situation. Some industry executives have said the offshore casinos cannot be prosecuted because while they take wagers from American bettors, the physical operations are outside United States jurisdiction.
Prosecutors assert that under the Federal Wire Act of 1961, the providers and promoters of Internet sports books and casinos are participants in a criminal enterprise.
The fact that these operations are legal in their home jurisdictions “does not entitle them to do business in the United States,” said Catherine L. Hanaway, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, which brought the indictment. The charges announced yesterday indicate that “their efforts to avoid U.S. law enforcement will be challenged and brought to justice whenever possible.”
Federal authorities arrested the chief executive, David Carruthers, late Sunday as he was on layover at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on his way from Britain to Costa Rica. In a hearing yesterday in Federal District Court in Fort Worth, he was charged with racketeering conspiracy for participating in an illegal gambling enterprise.
Also at the hearing, the court granted the government’s request for a temporary restraining order preventing BetOnSports from accepting wagers from customers in the United States and requiring it to return money held in the accounts of American customers.
In addition to Mr. Carruthers, the government filed charges against 10 other people involved with BetOnSports and with three Florida marketing companies that prosecutors say were involved in promoting illegal gambling.
The charges, particularly those against Mr. Carruthers, who runs a company that has been a symbol of the investment potential of offshore casinos, raise complex legal and political questions. And they are the most direct attack in several years on offshore Internet casinos, setting up a showdown with an industry that has grown increasingly brazen in promoting online wagering in the United States.
The gambling sites allow people to place bets on sporting events and play casino games like blackjack from their computers. The companies keep their computer servers in places like the Isle of Man, Antigua and Costa Rica, where BetOnSports has its operating headquarters.
A BetOnSports spokesman declined to comment, saying the company’s board was meeting late last night to assess the situation. Some industry executives have said the offshore casinos cannot be prosecuted because while they take wagers from American bettors, the physical operations are outside United States jurisdiction.
Prosecutors assert that under the Federal Wire Act of 1961, the providers and promoters of Internet sports books and casinos are participants in a criminal enterprise.
The fact that these operations are legal in their home jurisdictions “does not entitle them to do business in the United States,” said Catherine L. Hanaway, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, which brought the indictment. The charges announced yesterday indicate that “their efforts to avoid U.S. law enforcement will be challenged and brought to justice whenever possible.”
