http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/11/14...ng.arrests.ap/

TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) -- An illegal sports gambling ring run out of a high-stakes poker room in an Atlantic City casino was busted Wednesday and 18 people were arrested, including four with mob ties, a law enforcement official said.




The Borgata Hotel stands next to a construction site in Atlantic City in this file photo from February.[/align][/align] [/align][/align][/align]The four -- affiliated with the Philadelphia mob -- appeared to be the ringleaders, with six employees of the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa also among those arrested, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment on the case.
Details on charges were not immediately available. Five more people were being sought Wednesday.
State Attorney General Anne Milgram scheduled an afternoon news conference to discuss the case.
A call to Borgata spokesman Michael Facenda was not immediately returned Wednesday.
The state Casino Control Commission was expected to take disciplinary action against the casino workers who were arrested, commission spokesman Daniel Heneghan said.
"I'm certain that any Borgata employees that were arrested, the Division of Gaming Enforcement will file complaints to revoke their licenses," he said.
[/align]If the charges are proven, the ring would be among the most serious mob incursions into the Atlantic City casino industry since the first casino opened in 1978. [/align]Fear of organized crime prompted New Jersey to institute tight controls when legal gambling began, but regulations have been loosened over the years.
The anxieties were expressed in a now-famous speech by then-Gov. Brendan T. Byrne when he signed the law authorizing casinos on June 2, 1977: "I've said it before and I will repeat it again to organized crime: Keep your filthy hands off Atlantic City. Keep the hell out of our state!"

 

Yea you can bet all you want on poker, but through down a $20 on a football game, that's down right Illegal!

Make it legal, and take it out of the hands of the Mob.

 

just great....and I FINALLY won this past weekend....do they cut checks in prison[:@][:@]

 

Not if you bet on the Steelers, cuz you had to give 5 points...or so I heard.

 

i never bet on my team....too hard to seperate making picks with my head rather than my fan loyalty

 

But that was an awesome game!

My whole family is from Pittsburg, so I am an OG Steel City Fan. But my #1 team is the Chargers (I'm a So Cal Guy), and I know what you mean, I can never bring my self to bet on them...umm or any football game cuz that would be Illegal.

 

yea.....I never bet...I thought a booky was another word for librarian

 

Figures IN JOISEY!!!!!

 

JOISEY..........that just sounds cool

 

ummm..... kinda like cans ***??