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Judge Denies Request for Release

The United States has not altered its firm stance against online casinos in the almost year since the Unlawful Internet Gambling Act came into effect. And Gary Kaplan is, unfortunately, not benefiting from the severe governmental legal action that the DoJ has focused on online casino and betting companies that violated the UIGEA. Kaplan, the founder of BetonSports, was extradited to the U.S. earlier this year on charges against his company. Unlike other BetonSports company executives awaiting trial, Kaplan is perceived as a flight risk and has now been denied release requests twice by two separate judges.

Kaplan’s recent request for release from jail cited health problems as the primary reason and he even offered to both wear electronic monitoring equipment and personally pay for security guards. But U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson denied the request for similar reasons that the previous Judge denied house arrest requests: Kaplan is a flight risk, and Jackson notes, "There is no condition or combination of conditions of release that would reasonably assure the defendant's appearance." The charges against Kaplan pertain beyond just violating the online casinos ban and include racketeering charges and other serious allegations.

Kaplan founded BetonSports and once the UIGEA came into effect, the U.S. DoJ specifically went after all of the high-level executives in the company. The online casino ban made any transactions between offshore betting companies and U.S. financial institutions illegal. BetonSports allegedly continued to operate online casinos internet betting out with U.S. players (the U.S. market was BetonSports’ primary market prior to the UIGEA). In addition to Kaplan, 11 other executives are on house arrest or in jail for their connection to the company. And though the DoJ was speedy with resolving the Neteller legal action earlier this year, the BetonSports litigation is still in its infancy stages.