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Illegal Online Casinos in Israel

Israeli gamblers and bettors will have to find a new way to bet on sports games after the arrest of a handful of Israelis operating an online casinos gambling site. Operating the betting and gambling Web sites is a serious crime in Israel, and the police reported to the Jerusalem Post that the bust included dozens of individuals allegedly involved with operating and facilitating the online casino betting Web site aimed at Israeli bettors.

The large gambling bust was a joint effort between several areas of law enforcement and the International and Serious Crimes Unit detectives. Two branches of the Israeli police department also participated in busting the Web online casinos betting group that reportedly took in millions of shekels annually that was then laundered and funneled into other illegal activities.

The details that police released to the Jerusalem Post indicate that seven people were arrested and 18 others are currently detained for questioning. The betting ring specifically allowed online casinos bettors to place bets through the site, and then pay in person those running the site. Because the Web site did not accept bets via credit cards or other traceable methods the 24 hour Web betting site, Play2Bet, was able to go undetected for much longer than would have been possible otherwise. Added to the lack of a credit trail, the Play2Bet operators hosted the site out of servers located outside of Israel – the police were not specific on where the site server was located and vaguely alluded to somewhere in Europe.

Other allegations for those involved in the online casinos betting site concern accepting black money and influencing the outcomes of the sports games that gamblers bet on through the site.