David Carruthers CEO of BetonSports Sacked

BetonSports set out to distance itself from its former CEO Mr David Carruthers today in a statement released today,
the statement gose as follows
"On July 24th the contract under which David Carruthers acted as CEO of the company was terminated ... This action was taken as a consequence of Mr Carruthers continued detention by US authorities, Clearly while he remains in the custody of the US government he is unable to perform his duties. Further, the company has been unable to speak directly with Mr Carruthers."

Mr Carruthers and 10 others, also including the BetonSports founder a Mr Gary Kaplan, were named in a 22 count indictment this week by federal prosecutors in the USA. The US government claim that BetonSports was fraudulently taking bets from residents in the USA by phone and the internet betting , and BetonSports was failing to pay excise taxes.

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The "BASA" is the British Advertising Standards Authority and they have just given the All Clear for Online Casinos and other gambling sites to let them start adverising on UK TV as of next year, this desion has set a new benchmark for the online gambling industry by allowing them to advertise their sites on UK TV.
This new rule will pave the way for online casinos, sportsbooks, poker rooms and other forms of Internet gambling to advertise their web sites to the entire UK population during the commercial break.
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The new guidelines also dictate that adverts must refrain from showing behavior which is socially irresponsible or could lead to financial, social ruin or emotional harm. All of the new regulations are still being refined by the Committee of Advertising practice.
The proposed guidelines for online casino gambling adverts will close on the 15th September 2006. When completed the new rules will be published in May 2007 and will take effect in September 2007 when the new Gambling Act comes into affect.

Tiger Woods Hot Favourite for British Open

The name Tiger Woods will be at the top of most people’s list of favourites to lift the Claret Jug at this years British Golf Open but 2006 has been a turbulent and very emotional year for Tiger Woods, with the recent loss of his father in May, and his understandable subsequent dip in form. This years it the 135th British Open and it starts this weekend at the Royal Liverpool golf club, the first time since 1967

Bet 365 bookies have kept faith in Tiger’s ability by listing him as an overwhelming 6/1 favourite to win his third British Open and reigning Masters Champion Phil Mickelson is second favourite with the online sportsbook at 7/1.

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BetOnSports Boss arrested by FBI

The online sports betting industry is in a state of shock today after the arrest of BetOnSports Boss, Mr David Carruthers, He was arrested on charges of racketeering.
Mr Carruthers, aged 48, was on his way to Costa Rica from Britain when he was arrested by the FBI at Dallas Fort Worth airport.
It was during a hearing in a Fort Worth Federal District Court where Mr Carruthers was charged with racketeering and conspiracy, principally for accepting bets on US sports.

BetOnSports is an internet based online gaming company that operates an poker room and casino alongside its online sports betting operations. BOS is publicly listed on the London Stock Exchange but with a customer base that is 80 percent US based, BoS was seen as a good example of the investment opportunities offered by the online gaming industry.
Since the arrest of Mr Carruthers on the 17th shares in the company have fallen by 16.6 percent.
The US goverment have filed charges against Mr Carruthersand also against a further ten people involved with BoS and with a number of Florida based marketing companies.

The arrest has been seen as an attack against the online gaming industry, with the sole purpose of sending out a message to others in that line of business.
Mr Carruthers was one of the most outspoken of all proponents of online gambling, regularly making trips to the US to campaign for its legalisation, and often taking out full page adverts in American newspapers to that end. Mr Carruthers appears to have been targeted by the US because of that boldness.
There is however a debate over whether or not the US will be successful in their prosecution of Mr Carruthers, as he is not a US citizen, needless to say the industry will be watching the proceedings with a keen eye, and other offshore online gambling firms will be giving the USA a wide berth until they can be sure they won’t be arrested.

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The home kit was donned for the first time at Aston Villa’s Bodymoor Heath training ground earlier this week, with Steven Davis, Gary Cahill, Thomas Sorensen, Martin Laursen and Aaron Hughes all giving it a big thumbs-up.
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Dorset Gambling addict stole 1 million

A gambling addict from Dorset stole over GBP1 million from his place of work in order to finance an GBP7000 a day online gambling addiction, Dorchester Crown Court heard yesterday.
The theft forced his employer’s into liquidation, thus causing a number redundancies.

Mr Bryan Benjafield, 23 year old accounts administrator for a dorset building firm, was earning £16,000 a year. The court heard how Mr Benjafield used his position to siphon off money from the company’s accounts into his own personal bank account and then into his Ladbrokes gambling account.
Benjafield was alleged to have spent up to £7000 a day on online betting sports, including football matches and horse racing as well as playing online poker and casino games. In a short period of time Mr Benjafield was stelling just under £200,000 a month before he was caught.
His actions came to light when UK Customs and Excise contacted the company regarding an unpaid VAT bill. It transpired that Mr Benjafield had been stealing moneys from the account that was used to pay tax bills

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The role of the UK’s deputy-prime minister, John Prescott, is under scrutiny again by Conservative MPs, this time for the allocation of licenses for Las Vegas style UK Casinos.
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A Liberal Democrat and Conservative coalition took control of the borough os Webley in the recent local elections and in there first council meeting on Monday 3rd July 2006 they promised to withdraw all applications for a new UK super casino.

The previous council administration had been prepared to carry out a public consultation on the issue but Mr Paul Lorber, Brent’s new council leader, plans to withdraw the application from central government, which would stop the Super UK Casino in Wembley from going ahead.

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