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07/16/2010		Online Casino Style: News New Jersey hit Luccese hard
Home History Games News Dictionary		While New York police celebrate the crack down of five lucrative online gambling schemes headed up by the Gambino crime family, a similar win was made by officials in the neighboring state of New Jersey. Updates have become available in relation to the state’s case against the Luccese crime family, charged with the operation of a $2.2 billion sports betting ring. Thirty-five of those involved and held in custody by police have officially plead not-guilty this week to the charges laid against them. The charges run the gambit, including a slew of accusations of racketeering, as well as the operation of an offshore online gambling scheme, explicitly prohibited by the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Law. According to a report by the Associated Press, the gambling ring had been set up and run by the son of a Philadelphia mob figure, as well as two others strongly associated with the Luccese crime family. Within 15 months, the group had managed to run more than $2.2 billion through their bets, taking a percentage as a fee to the Luccese. The wagers were run through a wire room set-up in Costa Rica, with all the bets recorded and protected with password-safe encrypted websites. Apparently, their business was pretty enticing to online gamblers, with at least one placing bets totaling more than $2 million in a two-month period. Among those in court now, attempting to defend themselves is Nicodemo Scarfo Jr., whose father is already imprisoned for running the mob in the 1980’s. He is accompanied by co-defendants are Matthew Madonna of Selden, N.Y., and Joseph DiNapoli of Scarsdale, all of whom pled not-guilty to the racketeering charges.

07/16/2010

Online Casino Style: News
New Jersey hit Luccese hard

While New York police celebrate the crack down of five lucrative online gambling schemes headed up by the Gambino crime family, a similar win was made by officials in the neighboring state of New Jersey. Updates have become available in relation to the state’s case against the Luccese crime family, charged with the operation of a $2.2 billion sports betting ring. Thirty-five of those involved and held in custody by police have officially plead not-guilty this week to the charges laid against them.

The charges run the gambit, including a slew of accusations of racketeering, as well as the operation of an offshore online gambling scheme, explicitly prohibited by the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Law. According to a report by the Associated Press, the gambling ring had been set up and run by the son of a Philadelphia mob figure, as well as two others strongly associated with the Luccese crime family. Within 15 months, the group had managed to run more than $2.2 billion through their bets, taking a percentage as a fee to the Luccese.

The wagers were run through a wire room set-up in Costa Rica, with all the bets recorded and protected with password-safe encrypted websites. Apparently, their business was pretty enticing to online gamblers, with at least one placing bets totaling more than $2 million in a two-month period. Among those in court now, attempting to defend themselves is Nicodemo Scarfo Jr., whose father is already imprisoned for running the mob in the 1980’s. He is accompanied by co-defendants are Matthew Madonna of Selden, N.Y., and Joseph DiNapoli of Scarsdale, all of whom pled not-guilty to the racketeering charges.