Alleged Toledo fixers played both sides
As spelled out in federal indictments, Ghazi "Gary" Manni and Mitchell Karam allegedly played a hand in fixing everything from University of Toledo basketball and football games to thoroughbred horse races contested on a Tampa, Fla., track. But whether they rank as sophisticated big-time gamblers or bumbling losers is a divided opinion among those familiar with the case.
Manni and Karam, both Detroit area businessmen, are thought to have placed bets on Toledo sporting events through local bookmakers, allegedly wagering more than $400,000 on 17 Toledo basketball games in one stretch between November 2005 and December 2006. Unlike other point-shaving schemes, they played both sides of the betting line.
As spelled out in federal indictments, Ghazi "Gary" Manni and Mitchell Karam allegedly played a hand in fixing everything from University of Toledo basketball and football games to thoroughbred horse races contested on a Tampa, Fla., track. But whether they rank as sophisticated big-time gamblers or bumbling losers is a divided opinion among those familiar with the case.
Manni and Karam, both Detroit area businessmen, are thought to have placed bets on Toledo sporting events through local bookmakers, allegedly wagering more than $400,000 on 17 Toledo basketball games in one stretch between November 2005 and December 2006. Unlike other point-shaving schemes, they played both sides of the betting line.
