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Federal prosecutors can positively claim to have scored a major jackpot with respect to their campaign to free Americans from the evils of gambling games - on the Web, that is.
Yesterday a trio of Florida residents all entered guilty pleas in a St. Louis federal court on charges related to internet gambling. The 3 are also all members of the same family.
Pleading guilty to charges of transporting gambling paraphernalia across state lines were William (Bill) Hernan Lenis, 55. Lenis admitted in court that his Mobile Promotions company deployed various motor homes across the USA which was designed to advertise and endorse BetOnSports products and services.
The motor homes were often sent to sports events where potential gamblers could be easily targeted and encouraged to gamble online. The firm was also collecting signatures in their attempts to have US gambling laws amended.
Also pleading guilty were Manny Lenis, 29, and Will Lenis, 28.
In October 2006, the U.S. government banned most forms of web betting, including casinos games and poker playing. BetOnSports was, at one time, among the highest-profile gambling firms on the Net.
In 2006 the firms founder, Gary Kaplan, and CEO at the time, David Carruthers, were also indicted on racketeering and other scheme charges. The indictments led to the companys very swift termination as well as agreements from former BetOnSports officials to cooperate with national investigators.
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Source: gamblingplanet.org
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