US Officials Bust 27 in Online Gambling Sweep
Submitted on Thu, 2006-11-16 12:41American prosecutors have charged 27 people from New York, New Jersey, Florida and Nevada for their involvement in a Internet sports gambling ring said to be worth a billion dollars a year.
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The charges involve a website named Playwithal.com. One of the arrested suspects includes a man said to be a pro baseball scout for the Washington Nationals and an avid poker player.
Search warrants carried out in a number of locations resulted in the seizure of hundreds of millions of dollars in property including four Manhattan condos, cash, and casino chips valued at tens of thousands of dollars.
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