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The U.S. is on a Roll

The United States is anything but a sanctuary for all of the operators of illegal offshore online casino gambling and sportsbooking businesses. Although the controversial Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) is currently largely unenforceable in U.S., cases involving illegal money laundering and racketeering are still fair game for the prosecutors, just ask Rick McColley. McColley was arrested about four months past for his assistance in running an illegal online sportsbetting operation in Wisconsin. U.S. officials are really beginning to come down on individuals involved in illegal gambling type activities in the U.S. in light of the heavy “anti online casinos” sentiment in Washington right now.

McColley was hired more than ten years past to assist Duane Pede in running a more than $400 million sportsbetting business. The U.S. has severe restrictions in place that prevent sportsbetting at the online casinos or through telephone bets thanks to the Wire Act of 40 years past. Couple the wire act with the controversial restricitions against offshore online casinos and you have a completely convoluted set of legislation that allows in-state horserace betting but not any form of internet or phone sportsbetting…unless of course you reside in Nevada, where it seems all bets are off – or rather, all bets are on in that state.

Half a dozen individuals involved in the Pete sportsbetting business are facing criminal charges in the U.S. – McColley was one of the first to face sentencing and by all accounts it seems as if the courts went lightly on his and sentenced him to the four months time that he had already spent in jail.