FileError404 0 Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15730682/Talk about a bad beat. - To clarify, this is not Pete Giordano (The Beat)The seized Bellagio chips alone would be probably enough for me to retire...The dumbass reporter said something like: This is the 1st arrest since the gambling law was signed, like this is what made the difference. Link to post Share on other sites
tobytobey 0 Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Highlights from the article....- He was arrested early Wednesday by FBI agents who had to scale the walls of his fortess-like Florida compound.- He allegedly was a top earner in a network of 2,000 bookies who took more than $3.3 billion in cash wagers since 2004 from tens of thousands of customers nationwide.- The prosecution is seeking the forfeiture of $500 million in assets, “among the largest such cases ever filed,” Brown said.- The property includes four Manhattan condominiums, millions of dollars in cash, tens of thousands of dollars worth of casino chips from the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas, jewelry, gold coins, and a football signed by the 1969 New York Jets following their Super Bowl victory. Also seized was original artwork by Peter Max and Salvador Dali.Guess I'm not having a bad day after all. Link to post Share on other sites
blacktie31 0 Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Hey FE nice to meet you at Cherokee last week, hope you did well.As for the article i'm not sure why the poker ref. at the bottom of the page, they were arrested for sports betting and using a website to track the wagers.Nothing really to do with poker or the new legislation. Link to post Share on other sites
ForRealDD 0 Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Hey FE nice to meet you at Cherokee last week, hope you did well.As for the article i'm not sure why the poker ref. at the bottom of the page, they were arrested for sports betting and using a website to track the wagers.Nothing really to do with poker or the new legislation.Who are you ? I was there with FE last week. Link to post Share on other sites
blacktie31 0 Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 1/2 asian guy with black framed glasses, came up to you guys pkrfloozie, 404, etc and said hey when i saw her full contact poker tshirt during the jack and jill event Link to post Share on other sites
ForRealDD 0 Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 1/2 asian guy with black framed glasses, came up to you guys pkrfloozie, 404, etc and said hey when i saw her full contact poker tshirt during the jack and jill eventOh yeah I was standing there then ! By the margarita bar right ?DISCLAIMER: I was NOT drinking margaritas. Link to post Share on other sites
blacktie31 0 Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 yea, right out in front.Right after I got busted after getting sat on Scotty's rightbut it made for a good pic, lol Link to post Share on other sites
quadaces 0 Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Beat me to it ...I was just about to post about this! Good thing I looked first or else I would have been reamed about posting another thread about this topic! Link to post Share on other sites
try__an__hit 0 Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Quiet smart to set somethign up like that, another reason why people shouldn't get married lol.Would that be lookign at life in prision? Link to post Share on other sites
Hotmark777 0 Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Though the gambling ring relied on a Web site, it was different from the online betting operations targeted by recent federal legislation . The scheme involved placing sports bets through bookies, who would assign bettors a secret code to track their wagers and monitor point spreads and results through the secured Web site. Link to post Share on other sites
WowThats 0 Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 I would be willing to bet an online will be next up... just to prove a point.Think all the people who used the sight are nervous right about now? Link to post Share on other sites
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