CEO arrest - should gambling online be legal ?

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Well,

US is going down - and this kind of behaviour will make them sink faster. The result of this arrest is that people (businessmen) that feel that can get the same treatment won't come to US and won;t make business in US.

You may laugh about this - but when people stop visiting you - you get disconnected. And when you get disconnected you are left behind. The only area where US is no1 is weaponry - and this is because EU and the others do not invest as much as them in weapons research.

We will see interesting things in the future.

Egomancer

He knew that it could happen

online gaming is fine in my book....however; the physical casinos are the ones concerned about it and as usual, the US not getting there tax cut


Mr. Romance

Of course it SHOULD be legal....

it might happen the government gets their greedy hands on almost every industry anyways.

I agree with Mr. Romance

gambling sahould be legal try www.mynetbets.com to bet on all live sporting events and play poker !

it's not that gambling can;t be legal, it's that the gov wants to control it and can't outside us...

The Guys Still in Jail... they are using him as an example...

David Carruthers freed from prison

Former online gambling executive freed on $1 million bond


ST. LOUIS - Former online gambling executive David Carruthers was freed on $1 million bond Wednesday after spending nearly a month behind bars following his arrest on racketeering and fraud charges.

Carruthers, 48, was freed after a hearing before U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Medler. He had been expected to be released as early as Monday but it took days to work out technical details. Among those details: A dedicated phone line had to be installed at the residence where he will stay.

Carruthers must remain in the St. Louis area until his trial. According to his terms of his bond, Carruthers will live at a hotel in the suburb Clayton. He will not be allowed to leave the hotel except for court appearances, meetings with his attorney or medical emergencies.

During the hearing, Carruthers asked the judge if the home-incarceration was 24 hours a day. She said it was.

The charges against Carruthers are part of a 22-count indictment against London-based BetOnSports PLC being prosecuted by U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway in St. Louis. Carruthers was chief executive of the company until shortly after his arrest, when he was fired.

The case is one of the largest U.S. prosecutions of an online gambling company and has caused BetOnSports to close all of its U.S.-focused operations. It has caught the attention of the online gambling industry.

Federal prosecutors insisted that none of Carruthers' bond money come from the treasury of BetOnSports, according to his attorney, Scott Rosenblum. He wouldn't say how Carruthers came up with the full payment, but said all the money was raised through legal means.

Hanaway said she will continue to prosecute the case against BetOnSports regardless of the company's decision to close its offices and stop accepting U.S.-based bets. She said the move does not absolve the company from taking illegal bets in the past.

thanks for the update

no it shouldn;t...Categorically