Gambling Department

A SCOTS betting boss has been jailed for almost three years in the US after pleading guilty to racketeering.

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David Carruthers, the former director and CEO of online sports wagering firm BetOnSports, was sentenced to 33 months in prison on Friday, the Justice Department announced. Carruthers, a citizen of the United Kingdom, was hired by BetOnSports founder, Gary Kaplan, in 2000 as CEO of the online wagering company, which was based in Costa Rica. “The prosecution and conviction of Carruthers is …

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A gambling game that looks like a slot machine, but is based on the outcome of randomly selected old horse races, is allowed by state law, but gambling rules would have to be rewritten to allow so-called Instant Gambling, the Kentucky attorney general’s office says.

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A newly proposed law in New Jersey would allow residents there to gamble online via websites run by the state’s casinos in Atlantic City. The bill was introduced into the New Jersey senate by Senator Raymond Lesniak (D-Union), who also introduced a separate bill which calls for New Jersey residents to vote on a constitutional amendment that would allow state-regulated sports wagering in Atlantic …

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State Rep. Marcel Black’s bill would ensure that Indian casinos, which are federally regulated, could not gain de facto monopolies as a result of state crackdowns. That concern is widespread in Alabama’s state-regulated gambling industry.

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