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Several individuals are still facing trail in the United States because of allegations regarding their company’s illegal business in the U.S. online casino gambling and betting industry. BetonSports is no longer in operation and two of the senior level founders and CEOs of the company are held in custody in the U.S. awaiting trial. Both David Carruthers and Gary Kaplan, both facing many charges not the least of which is racketeering, had hopes that they could use the protection of the 1995 GATS treaty to secure their release or at least lessen their sentence – those hopes have now been dashed thanks to a ruling in U.S. courts.

BetonSports was investigated by the U.S. government for months before shutting down the company several years ago and arresting the founder and CEO. The company had a litany of charges against it and not long after BetonSports gained international attention in the online casino gambling industry the U.S. announced that BetonSports was not the only gambling company facing investigation. The U.S. implemented the controversial 2006 UIGEA which effectively put an end to foreign online casino gambling companies legally accessing the U.S. market.

More than two years since the arrest of the one of the BetonSports founders, the case is still awaiting trial and the arrested individuals remain in jail or on house arrest. They had hopes that the GATS treaty (General Agreement of Trade in Services) would provide some protection, but the U.S. court ruling succinctly surmised that the GATS treaty did not cover individual and private rights – meaning both individuals are in the same boat they were in last month…little hope for an acquittal (the prosecution has ample evidence against the online casino betting company) and the continued wait for a trial.