Oh ffs!!
Edit: Here's a bit more on it... But... I guess we'll have to wait to see how the 'mob' is implicated in this...
23 charged in illegal gambling ring run out of Borgata poker room
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
By WAYNE PARRY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTIC CITY -- An illegal sports gambling ring run out of a high-stakes poker room in an Atlantic City casino was busted Wednesday and 23 people were charged, including four with mob ties.
The four — affiliated with the Philadelphia mob — appeared to be the ringleaders, with six employees of the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa also among those arrested, state Attorney General Anne Milgram said.
Authorities said Andrew Micali, 32, of Ventnor, was the organizer.
"They sought to escape detection by enlisting casino employees in their crimes," Milgram said. "I'm pleased to say they greatly underestimated our vigilance and determination to keep organized crime out of Atlantic City casinos."
Milgram said they followed the money in the case from the casino to wire rooms in Philadelphia.
Most of the men were charged with promoting gambling or money laundering.
Authorities said the Borgata cooperated .....