LOUISIANA ONLINE GAMBLING STING NETS THREE
9 November 2007
State police detain three from Jefferson Parish
Local media reports from Louisiana indicate that the
State Police are still hammering online gamblers in the
region, which has been the base for anti-online gambling
enforcement moves in the past (see previous InfoPowa
reports)
Detail is still sketchy on the latest busts, but it
appears that two Jefferson Parish men arrested by
Louisiana State Police after an online gambling sting
operation have been additionally charged in St. Landry
Parish.
Authorities say Shane Musca-Rello and Fredrick Walters
will be booked into the St. Landry Parish jail.
The duo - along with Randall Rose - are aleady facing
charges in Jefferson Parish stemming from the gambling
sting after police allegedly placed bets on a web site
called The Tiny Tuna, what appears to be a "registered
guests only" sportsbetting website.
Louisiana State Police were involved in two previous
high profile sting operations targeting online gambling
operations. In 2006 Peter Dick, the non-executive
chairman of UK gambling group Sportingbet was arrested
at New York airport on a sealed Louisiana warrant and
detained pending extradition, which failed. Sportingbet
subsequently paid a $400 000 settlement to the state. In
more recent times Nick Jenkins and his colleagues - the
"Seattle Three" - were extradited to Louisiana following
a sting on their Betcha.com site that netted them a mere
0.70 cents. The results of that prosecution are still
awaited.
Online Casino News courtesy of
InfoPowa
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