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Sports-Betting Operation Shuts Web SiteNews Story
An offshore sports-betting operation targeted by U.S. prosecutors shut down its Web site Tuesday night, a day after a federal judge ordered the company to stop letting Americans place wagers. BetOnSports PLC said it was temporarily stopping all transactions while it reviewed the situation. Earlier on Tuesday, the site had appeared to be operating normally, offering bets on Major League baseball and season-opening college football games. The company's founder, Gary Stephen Kaplan, the
Jul 19, 2006, 9:24 am - Todd - Lottery News

BETonSPORTS Shutting U.S. Gambling SitesReply
How much fraud and rackettering BetOnSports PLC did? I hope it shut it down.
Aug 22, 2006, 3:09 pm - Just6ntlc - Lottery News

.....and one last online pollReply
i think thats why they arrested the CEO of betonsports.they might've thought he was going to buy the votes,lol......
Jul 20, 2006, 11:56 pm - LOTTOMIKE - Lottery Discussion Forum

Arrest Made in Crackdown on Internet BettingNews Story
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 Ric
Jul 18, 2006, 7:37 am - Todd - Lottery News

Costa Rica not caving to U.S. gambling arrestsNews Story
Costa Rica finds itself in the middle of the fight between U.S. authorities and the online gambling industry. Think of Costa Rica and flashes of colorful birds, bright beaches and long hikes through the rain forest come to mind. But several recent arrests and indictments have thrust the country into the spotlight for another, less savory reason: its cozy relationship with the online gambling industry. The industry is under fire from U.S. authorities, helping create the notion that this sma
Sep 25, 2006, 2:27 pm - Todd - Lottery News

US House votes to kill Internet gamblingReply
BetonSports' CEO detained by US Feds The online gaming sector is reeling this morning after BetonSports CEO David Carruthers was seized by The Feds in the US, while waiting to transfer onto an aircraft destined for Costa Rica, where the company's customer services centre is based. Carruthers, an outspoken pro-gaming lobbyist, heads up a company that generates about 90% of its business from the US, where online gaming is considered illegal under the 1961 Wire Act. BetonSports is listed
Jul 17, 2006, 8:00 am - LOTTOMIKE - Lottery News

Dallas arrest sparks fears of internet gambling crackdownNews Story
Analysts say timing of arrest may be designed to influence legislative process The internet gambling industry was in disarray last night after the Scottish chief executive of BetOnSports, the Costa Rica-based operator, was arrested by the US federal authorities at Dallas Fort Worth airport. In a brief hearing at a federal district court in Fort Worth, Texas, prosecutors said that David Carruthers and several others were charged with conspiracy to offer bets on professional and college spor
Jul 18, 2006, 8:14 am - Todd - Lottery News

U.S. Settles BetOnSports Online-Gambling Civil CaseReply
thats a good move by the us to stop on line gambling, now me as a american , since i cant bet with on BETONSPORTS from america will have to now call my distant cousin whom i have not seen in years in canada / bahamas / japan or any other country not connected to america and have them do it for me and pay them 20% of my winnings to place my bets , you know family only helps family when money is involved,,,,,,,right,,,
Nov 20, 2006, 10:16 pm - mr twentyone - Lottery News

Online gambling company says it will lock out U.S. bettorsNews Story
fBETonSPORTS, the online gambling company targeted by federal prosecutors in Missouri and Washington, is shuttering the majority of its billion-dollar operations and will no longer accept bets from the United States, a company spokesman said Thursday evening. The move was seen as a significant victory for prosecutors targeting online gambling and as somewhat of a surprise. Industry experts and even a company insider had predicted that BetOn Sports would simply ignore the federal criminal pros
Aug 11, 2006, 11:27 am - Todd - Lottery News

Online Gambling Conference Shuts Down After ArrestsNews Story
David Carruthers became the latest poster boy or scapegoat, depending on one's perspective when he was arrested in Dallas on charges of racketeering, conspiracy and an illegal online gambling enterprise. While on a layover to Costa Rica, where his company is based, Carruthers, chief executive officer for BetOnSports was arrested and detained on Sunday, forcing the online gambling community to take note. Carruthers' arrest seems to have spooked online gaming executives. A major gaming con
Jul 21, 2006, 7:30 am - Todd - Lottery News