Are services legal.? I know many states have casinos now, etc. but are what these services providing legal, because gambling is still against the law in many parts of the U.S.? Would love to hear peoples thoughts on this. Thanks!
Legality of Services
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I think they are legal. This analogy might be a reach, but would you consider it illegal if I gave you info on a certain drug, what it does and how to take it, but never told you where to go buy it? Essentially all they are doing is providing information. If it were illegal, then in actuality so is sports talk radio, newspapers, and other forms of mainstream media - if they are giving their opinion on a certain game. When it all boils down, that's all it is - an opinion.
Just my 2 cents.
Just my 2 cents.
do not whether they are legal or not but many of them are deadly.my last one-and i will never use another-is down 440 percent in 7 months.
Well it might not be legal in some states. 14+ have been arrested for selling. I'll dig up the links & post it.
Lowell let it go
Lowell let it go
Here is an article about some arrests:
14 arrested in gambling conspiracy
Officials say men sold illegal, bogus sports betting info
By SARAH LUNDY, slundy@news-press.com
Published by news-press.com on April 9, 2004
Authorities arrested 14 men Thursday in connection with a Fort Myers-based sports handicapping business that investigators say scammed millions from gamblers across the country.
The men ? who are from Fort Myers, Estero and Cape Coral ? face federal charges of conspiracy to transmit wagering information by interstate and foreign wire and to operate an illegal gambling enterprise. If convicted, they face up to five years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
?This is the culmination of efforts of local and federal law enforcement agencies that have cooperated and shared information and successfully arrested in one day an entire illegal organization,? said Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney Doug Molloy.
Investigators arrested the men at their homes, businesses and even one as he got off a plane from Houston at Southwest Florida International Airport.
According to the U.S. Attorney?s Office, the men are accused of getting money for gambling advice and referring clients to offshore gambling casinos and receiving referral fees back from those casinos.
Authorities say they ran the scam under three different businesses ? Player?s Edge Inc., which was operated by John R. Rodney Jr., 41, from 1993 to 2003; National Sports Consultants Inc., which was started by Robert Robitzek, 40, and Joseph DiLorenzo, 43, in 2003; and Nationwide Sports Inc., which was started by Nicholas DelNegro, 27, in 2002.
They worked out of rental space at 15881 S. Tamiami Trail in Fort Myers, according to authorities.
?Everybody wants them to go to jail,? said David Harter, 38, a Kansas City engineer who lost $15,000.
Harter created a Web site last month in an effort to find other victims who may want to join a class-action lawsuit.
?I didn?t know much about gambling,? he said. ?They made it look more like an investment.?
The arrests come almost four months after a California man settled a federal lawsuit against some of the businesses after the man lost more than $2 million in their dealings.
According to the suit filed by Timothy Edwin Bronkhurst, the businesses lured their clients through radio ads with a toll-free number in major cities, such as San Diego, Phoenix and Milwaukee. They claimed to have ?inside information? that would lead to big money for gamblers. However, the defendants, according to the suit, didn?t have an inside track and were ?taking their best guesses.?
They cashed in on ?package fees? for the inside information and alleged kickbacks from those who took the bets.
?They really nailed me to the wall, these guys,? Bronkhurst, 49, said in December. ?It?s a lesson I?ll take with me to the grave.?
14 arrested in gambling conspiracy
Officials say men sold illegal, bogus sports betting info
By SARAH LUNDY, slundy@news-press.com
Published by news-press.com on April 9, 2004
Authorities arrested 14 men Thursday in connection with a Fort Myers-based sports handicapping business that investigators say scammed millions from gamblers across the country.
The men ? who are from Fort Myers, Estero and Cape Coral ? face federal charges of conspiracy to transmit wagering information by interstate and foreign wire and to operate an illegal gambling enterprise. If convicted, they face up to five years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
?This is the culmination of efforts of local and federal law enforcement agencies that have cooperated and shared information and successfully arrested in one day an entire illegal organization,? said Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney Doug Molloy.
Investigators arrested the men at their homes, businesses and even one as he got off a plane from Houston at Southwest Florida International Airport.
According to the U.S. Attorney?s Office, the men are accused of getting money for gambling advice and referring clients to offshore gambling casinos and receiving referral fees back from those casinos.
Authorities say they ran the scam under three different businesses ? Player?s Edge Inc., which was operated by John R. Rodney Jr., 41, from 1993 to 2003; National Sports Consultants Inc., which was started by Robert Robitzek, 40, and Joseph DiLorenzo, 43, in 2003; and Nationwide Sports Inc., which was started by Nicholas DelNegro, 27, in 2002.
They worked out of rental space at 15881 S. Tamiami Trail in Fort Myers, according to authorities.
?Everybody wants them to go to jail,? said David Harter, 38, a Kansas City engineer who lost $15,000.
Harter created a Web site last month in an effort to find other victims who may want to join a class-action lawsuit.
?I didn?t know much about gambling,? he said. ?They made it look more like an investment.?
The arrests come almost four months after a California man settled a federal lawsuit against some of the businesses after the man lost more than $2 million in their dealings.
According to the suit filed by Timothy Edwin Bronkhurst, the businesses lured their clients through radio ads with a toll-free number in major cities, such as San Diego, Phoenix and Milwaukee. They claimed to have ?inside information? that would lead to big money for gamblers. However, the defendants, according to the suit, didn?t have an inside track and were ?taking their best guesses.?
They cashed in on ?package fees? for the inside information and alleged kickbacks from those who took the bets.
?They really nailed me to the wall, these guys,? Bronkhurst, 49, said in December. ?It?s a lesson I?ll take with me to the grave.?
