IP: Net Gambling Bust

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 12:32:39 -0800 (PST)
From: "Brock N. Meeks" <brock () well com>
Sender: "Brock N. Meeks" <brock () well com>
Reply-To: "Brock N. Meeks" <brock () well com>
Subject: Net Gambling Bust
To: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>




This just in....


The US Attorney for the Southern Dist. of New York said that 14 owners 
and managers of six Internet sports betting companies in the Caribbean or 
Central America have been charged withe conspiracy to transmit bets and 
wagers on sporting events via the Internet and telephones.  These cases 
are the first federal prosecutions of sports betting over the Internet.


Atty. Gen. Reno said:  "The Internet is not an electronic sanctuary for 
illegal betting.  If a state outlaws soliciting or accepting bets, you 
can't evade those requirements by going on-line.  And to Internet betting 
operators everywhere we have a simple message: You can't hide on-line and 
you can't hide off-shore."




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