Paradise and Sportbook.com- soon

the alex · #1 (**permalink**) 09-07-2006, 11:19 AM

Sportingbet PLC Chairman Detained in NYC

Sportingbet PLC is the corporation that owns Paradise Poker and Sportsbook.com. I invested a small amount and am selling, selling, selling! Remove your money from ParadisePoker.com and Sportsbook.com NOW! Bet on Sports PLC was hit with a temporary restraining order after the recent arrest of their CEO, David Carruthers, making their site unable to be accessed.

REMOVE YOUR MONEY FROM DISE AND SPORTSBOOK.COM NOW!!! I have cancelled my bets on Sportsbook.com that were active. I withdrew and and am depositing at Betus.com which another site that I used last season. I should be able to get the money back to Firepay by tomorrow morning in time for Saturday and Sunday lines.

Even if this means that you will not be in time for this weekend's lines, this should not be reason to sit back until after Sunday. You never know. DON'T BE STUPID!!!

SeanyBullets1 · #2 (**permalink**) 09-07-2006, 11:40 AM

WTF?????

Eclipse86 · #3 (**permalink**) 09-10-2006, 06:10 AM

hmm.. paradise just recently gave me a reload bonus offer.. wondering if i should do it lol?

wastrel · #4 (**permalink**) 09-10-2006, 05:24 PM

Peter Dicks CEO of Sportingbet also arrested in New York on behalf of state police in Louisiana on 9/6. Arrested by state level officials instead of feds, which is a change from the Carruthers arrest.

phoenixdan5 · #5 (**permalink**) 09-10-2006, 05:59 PM

and why are all these people being arrested?

wastrel · #6 (**permalink**) 09-10-2006, 06:13 PM

From an article I read:

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Gambling law experts say federal law makes it fairly clear that operating Internet sports books is a crime. But they say the law is much less clear on the issue of other Internet games, like poker and blackjack.

The policies of the federal government and some states are, broadly speaking, at odds with the rules governing online betting parlors in many countries, like Costa Rica and Antigua, where casinos have their operations. They also put law enforcement in conflict with millions of Americans who place bets online, using their home computers to wager on sporting events and games like blackjack and poker.

phoenixdan5 · #7 (**permalink**) 09-10-2006, 06:27 PM

What idiots then.

If the law clearly stats u cannot run a sportsbook, THEN GET THE HELL OUT OF THE COUNTRY and run it from somewhere else.

Idiots.

SeanyBullets1 · #8 (**permalink**) 09-10-2006, 09:56 PM

They run it in England. They were arrested in transit.

phoenixdan5 · #9 (**permalink**) 09-11-2006, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by SeanyBullets1

They run it in England. They were arrested in transit.

ahhhh my mistake