Carruthers Runs for Charity
After 18 months on house arrest for online casino gambling and betting charges,
what else does the former CEO of BetonSports have to do to pass the time than
raise money for a marathon he will run next month. David Carruthers was arrested
in July of 2006 on accusations of illegal gambling activities in the U.S. along
with several other felony charges that claim that Carruthers has violated U.S.
policy and legislation through his company, BetonSports (BoS).
So as the online casinos and betting debacle continues, and Carruthers just sits
in his Missouri house, he has decided to use his international notoriety to
benefit his chosen charity and to raise money through a marathon that he has
been training to participate in next month.
Carruthers granted an interview with the editor of a prominent online casinos
news site, Interactive Gaming News. Editor Mark Balestra spoke with Carruthers
about his what he has occupied his time with over the past year and a half, and
about the marathon he has announced he will run right in St. Louis (this is
where he is living out his house arrest). Not much of Carruthers’ case was
discussed for legal reasons, the online casinos industry is tough and Carruthers
was not at liberty to discuss much of the defense case his lawyers are
preparing.
Carruthers chose his charities with care, he was looking to raise money for
something that would benefit children, but in the end went with the charities
that are associated with the marathon that he will run for next month. And as
for what the online casinos industry can do to help, Carruthers has set up a Web
site with information on both his current case with the U.S., and information to
benefit the two charities he will run for in a mere matter of weeks.
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