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Gambler's Charges

The recent case out of Kansas City has really caught the attention of the international online casino gambling industry because of the negative (and possibly positive) implications that this new development has for the US internet gambling industry. Nicholas Zicarelli is a US gambler from Kansas City who has gambled at online casinos from US bank accounts; recently he was put before a Grand Jury and the courts demanded that he testify against the gambling and payment processing companies that he used to access the chance gambling sites. Zicarelli invoked his Fifth Amendment rights for his refusal to testify and his lawyer has noted that the decision was based on his decision to not give an official testimony that would implicate Zicarelli in criminal activity.

You can be sure that this is not the reaction that the US authorities were anticipating when they arrested Zicarelli. What’s so shocking about this case is that Zicarelli could be facing as many as 18 months in jail because the judge found him in contempt of the court for his decision to refuse to testify. Zicarelli is just one of the men in this circumstance now as the US authorities attempt to nail US facing online casinos through the individual US gamblers rather than just through the payment processing companies.

US Attorney Assistant Paul Becker has outlined the case in black and white, even though there are certainly shades of gray in the middle. Becker surmises that Zicarelli is refusing to testify as a way to protect the online casinos and his bookmaker rather than for reasons of possible further prosecution for illegal criminal gambling activity. Becker has noted that the jury has the right to hear evidence about violations of US laws, and Zicarelli is clearly choosing to withhold that evidence. Becker is creating a fast list of enemies within the online gambling industry because of these recent actions and jail sentences.