Sports Gambling Ring Rung Out
Websites Based In Costa Rica Busted
By Tom Jones, Staff Editor,
CasinoGamblingWeb.com
The Super Bowl and the NCAA college
basketball tournament are two of the biggest
moneymakers for sports books. Unfortunately,
for those running illegal sports books, they
are also the two events that bring out the
authorities.
Prosecutors on Wednesday charged
thirty-eight people with various crimes
related to an illegal sports betting
operation. The operation was being run out
of websites based in Costa Rica, but the
outfit was much larger than just any
Internet gambling operation.
Prosecutors contend that almost $178 million
in bets were placed in the three years that
the investigation has been taking place. The
two major sites that were unveiled were
crownsports.com and jazzsports.com. The bust
that occurred this week spanned all across
the US.
The major operators were busted in Staten
Island, New York, but arrests were made in
Florida, Louisiana, Nevada, and Michigan.
two separate rings were busted, according to
authorities.
"Such computerized wire rooms operate around
the clock and can handle a large volume of
bettors at one time, thus allowing the
organizers to increase their illicit profits
without having to bother with the
time-consuming, record-keeping aspects of a
more traditional, paper-based bookmaking
operation," said Queens District Attorney
Richard Brown, as reported by The associated
Press.
Millions of dollars in cash and gambling
records were seized in the undercover
operation. Baseball, hockey, basketball, and
football were all sports that wagers had
been place on. The operators had others that
met gamblers to pay and collect for the
wagers that were made on the websites. |
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