On-line bookie gets 4 years

[Dirty Sanchez]

Guy got 4 years in the joint...Interesting story....mentions CR.....

http://newsok.com/oklahoma-online-bookie-gets-four-years-in-prison/article/3615312?custom_click=lead_story_title

[jjaycuny]

Is this the first case of a US bettor (the cop) being prosecuted for overseas gambling?

[TEXAS MICKEY]

Oh shit.... SBR involved??? Might be getting 20% of the pie that was moving to CR.

Wonder if this was a PPH site ?????????

[CarpeDime]

Is this the first case of a US bettor (the cop) being prosecuted for overseas gambling?

It doesn't say the cop is being prosecuted for betting online, it just says he was betting with this guy and happens to have his own gambling issues in a different county. The article doesn't say he's being prosecuted for betting online.

[Dirty Sanchez]

Interesting wording...not betting..."He specifically admitted to paying off bets and collecting bets made online"

[jjaycuny]

It doesn't say the cop is being prosecuted for betting online, it just says he was betting with this guy and happens to have his own gambling issues in a different county. The article doesn't say he's being prosecuted for betting online.

If you google the cops name, it says specifically he is being prosecuted for betting, among other things.

"Benavides works in Oklahoma City but lives in Cleveland County. According to court documents, he spent several hours gambling illegally online at his home in Norman. "

" Benavides was indicted on charges of violating the Anti-Gambling Act, investigators said. They said Benavides is also in trouble for not turning in the David Roy Tune and C.L. Richards -- people with whom he is accused of making bets with and had been investigating for more than a year. "

http://www.koco.com/news/28120473/detail.html#ixzz1bMqMMe7K

[CarpeDime]

If you google the cops name, it says specifically he is being prosecuted for betting, among other things.

"Benavides works in Oklahoma City but lives in Cleveland County. According to court documents, he spent several hours gambling illegally online at his home in Norman. "

" Benavides was indicted on charges of violating the Anti-Gambling Act, investigators said. They said Benavides is also in trouble for not turning in the David Roy Tune and C.L. Richards -- people with whom he is accused of making bets with and had been investigating for more than a year. "

http://www.koco.com/news/28120473/detail.html#ixzz1bMqMMe7K

Yeah it does seem to be saying they are going after him for gambling online. I seem to recall Ok City is also an area where they have pursued some other moralist stuff like that, I can't remember what.

I like the "embarrassment to the police department" that he put a little something on college football or whatever he was betting.

If he's been fading Ok and Ok St this year, then yeah that is pretty fukin embarrassing. But if he's been betting on them, they should be proud of him!

[riffraff24]

On a side note - If companies like Bodog are advertising on mainstream radio, how is the average consumer supposed to know it is illegal? Shouldn't the radio stations be the first filter of eliminating something like that?

[jjaycuny]

Yeah it does seem to be saying they are going after him for gambling online. I seem to recall Ok City is also an area where they have pursued some other moralist stuff like that, I can't remember what.

I like the "embarrassment to the police department" that he put a little something on college football or whatever he was betting.

If he's been fading Ok and Ok St this year, then yeah that is pretty fukin embarrassing. But if he's been betting on them, they should be proud of him!

I'm assuming the main reason for the cop's prosecution is the fact that he was supposed to be investigating the same guy he was placing bets with. That and the fact that the whole operation was based in the US.

[Kooser55]

This may make a lot of you laugh but I just started betting online and I had no idea its illegal

[darmez88]

that sucks.

[Dirty Sanchez]

This may make a lot of you laugh but I just started betting online and I had no idea its illegal

yeah...right...remember when you get the knock on the door to keep that story going

[Kooser55]

yeah...right...remember when you get the knock on the door to keep that story going

No need in that after this weekend I'm pulling my money out then

[TR88]

No need in that after this weekend I'm pulling my money out then

[TexansFan]

The Indictment charges him with

Using a Computer to violate the Anti-Gambling Act
Collusion
Violation of the Anti-Gambling Act

http://www.oag.state.ok.us/oagweb.nsf/0/7F289752DC38F761862578A40053373B

[jjaycuny]

The Indictment charges him with Using a Computer to violate the Anti-Gambling Act Collusion Violation of the Anti-Gambling Act http://www.oag.state.ok.us/oagweb.ns...2578A40053373B

It's worse than I thought then. He's only being prosecuted for placing bets.

[Kooser55]

If you can get arrested for betting online why do it? It clearly leaves a paper trail.

[Tech N9ne]

don't mess with bookies

Hot tub naked with dudes is where you'll be

Stick to SBR recommended books

Play it safe like a rubber

[scottie2005]

Jeez, place a bet thru a computer get up to 5 years or 5K fine. Place it with a bookie get up to 30 days or $100 fine.

[wtf]

america is a little safer today

[nikossf]

america is a little safer today

Yea..the hell with rapist or mass murders...im really glad my tax dollars went to catch this guy....good job fellas..keep up the hard work...

[tatommack]

Wait a min I thought it was illegal to use a cc to play online and that's it. I can't make a wager either now? I'm confused cause I thought it was just against the law for a book to be on us soil. WTF this is all new to me.