Dikshit found guilty for internet gambling and having a funny name

[The Batman]

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/12/dikshit-guilty.html

The founder and software maker of the popular online gaming site, PartyGaming, has pleaded guilty to illegal internet gambling and will pay $300 million in fines.
Anurag Dikshit, the former director of Gibraltar-based PartyGaming (http://www.partygaming.com/pg/), has agreed to cooperate with authorities probing the web-based gambling scene. It's illegal to allow those on American soil to access online wagering sites.
Under a deal with prosecutors, Dikshit faces a maximum two years behind bars under his Tuesday guilty plea to one count of violating the Wire Act (http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/files/dikshit_anurag_information.pdf).(.pdf)
Dikshit founded party gaming in 1997. In 2006, Forbes magazine declared him the world's 207th richest person.
The 37-year-old Dikshit is a resident of the United Kingdom and Gibraltar. He traveled to New York where he pleaded guilty Monday in federal court. He is one of several operators and marketers of internet gambling concerns facing federal prosecution.
Specifically, Dikshit pleaded guilty to one count of using the wires to transmit bets and wagering information in interstate commerce.
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 also prohibits credit-card companies from collecting payments for bets. Under rules adopted last month by the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve, financial companies have until Dec. 1, 2009 to "establish and implement policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to prevent payments to gambling businesses in connection with unlawful internet gambling."
PartyGaming has stopped taking wagers from its estimated 900,000 U.S. players of poker, blackjack, roulette and other games of chance.

[Morfin]

Under rules adopted last month by the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve, financial companies have until Dec. 1, 2009 to "establish and implement policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to prevent payments to gambling businesses in connection with unlawful internet gambling."
PartyGaming has stopped taking wagers from its estimated 900,000 U.S. players of poker, blackjack, roulette and other games of chance.

While at the same time, the federal government has absolutely no problem with the states conducting all sorts of lotteries and other games of chance, many of which can be subscribed to over the internet with credit card payments. Nope, no hypocrisy there at all. Nuh-uh.

According to the article, there are 900,000 Americans registered on his site; he has become one of the richest men in the world -- all due to gambling. Isn't it time to repeal these silly prohibition-esque laws and allow legalized gambling as they do in many other countries?

[IdiotBrain]

Don't forget dog and horse racing, and bingo.


My parents owned several "Casinos" here in Texas, under a very fuzzy part of the law. A new DA came into the picture, claimed he would be arresting anyone who owned or operated a "game room" as they're called.... So my parents closed all their operations down. They got a license to distribute/lease arcade machines [which is the category these machines fall under, according to TX law.], and began leasing machines to owners and operators elsewhere. One of the ADA's solicited my parents for a bribe [we have the audio recording], my parents refused... and were subsequently charged with 3 felony counts of Bribery of a Public Official and 4 counts of "Organized Crime".

When my parents were arrested there were 21 "gamerooms" in Cameron County. Now, under the same DA... there are over 75, not to mention the 5 Bingo halls, dog track....

Technically, the prizes at most of your local childrens arcades are illegal in TX too, under the "Fuzzy Bear Law." I forget the exact law... but thats what everyone called it.

[Claydon]

While at the same time, the federal government has absolutely no problem with the states conducting all sorts of lotteries and other games of chance, many of which can be subscribed to over the internet with credit card payments. Nope, no hypocrisy there at all. Nuh-uh.

According to the article, there are 900,000 Americans registered on his site; he has become one of the richest men in the world -- all due to gambling. Isn't it time to repeal these silly prohibition-esque laws and allow legalized gambling as they do in many other countries?

Morfin you ignorant slut, don't you know we have to protect the children!