Indictments handed out in Borgata sports book case
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Indictments have been issued against 24 participants in a sports book that was allegedly run out of the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa poker room.
The Atlantic City operation was halted last November by law enforcement officials. It is believed more than $60 in illegal sports bets were made through the group.
According to pokernews.com:
The breaking of the ring, dubbed “Operation High Roller,” was led by the New Jersey State Police and Division of Criminal Justice and included assistance from 11 other New Jersey and Pennsylvania agencies. According to the press release accompanying the indictments, “Investigators conducted extensive surveillance and observed the defendants conducting business in the Borgata poker room. They observed defendants accepting bets and settling up with bettors, either by accepting payment on losses or paying out to winners.”
The operation used two online sites to do some of its book making. Several of the indictments were given to members of the busted group who were employees at Borgata’s poker room, although the hotel itself apparently had no link to the wrongdoing.
