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Betting on the Mafia

There are certain people that you just don’t cross in life, and for many the Mafia is tops on that list. But for the U.S. government, that list just isn’t the same. The U.S. Attorney’s office and the New York police department announced the arrest of 62 individuals involved in illegal online casinos betting activities in the U.S. The authorities busted a sportsbetting operation that is apparently directly run by the Gambino crime family. Online casinos gambling is certainly a key issue in the U.S. at this point in time, but the criminal charges for many of the 62 arrested will include other charges related to decades of organized crime activities.

Some in the online casinos could use this latest bust of a sportsbetting and internet gambling site as an indication that the U.S. Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act is both ineffective and contributing an era of prohibition where internet gambling activities are moved out of the scope of government regulation and onto the black market. Opponents to the UIGEA have argued that an online casinos ban only forces activities below the government radar and are then more dangerous to players than a regulated industry.

The Gambino family allegedly ran three sportsbetting sites from offshore locations in addition to running 1-800 numbers for players to place bets. The whole system was designed to effectively bypass U.S. restrictions on processing gambling related transactions through financial institutions.

The online casinos sportsbetting operation trafficked more than US $10 million in bets and because of mob links to Sicily could have easily been used to illegally traffic money.