Sentences with phrase «for illegal gambling»

505 Pit Crew is a youth - oriented program aimed at addressing illegal dogfighting here in New Mexico, which most often affects Pit Bull type dogs and takes place for illegal gambling or gang - related purposes.

We regretted that the Attorney General's packet of law enforcement bills — specifically increasing penalties for illegal gambling enterprises from misdemeanor to felonies.

Google has said that in 2016, it disabled 68 million ads for healthcare violations and 17 million ads for illegal gambling violations due to insufficient authorization from regulators in their respective countries.

Not exact matches

Running illegal gambling operations, including recruiting people for foreign gaming junkets, was their main business, according to previously unreported court documents in China obtained by Bloomberg Markets as well as interviews with family members and former business partners.

The new law is the nation's first formal approval of the industry after its come under scrutiny across many states for allowing what regulators see as illegal online gambling.

To circumvent the law (gambling is illegal in China) people were using play money poker sites to set up real money games using play money in exchange for fiat currency transactions away from the tables.

When the craze for poker kicked into high gear, a number of police departments responded by deploying SWAT teams to raid games in garages, basements and VFW halls where illegal gambling was suspected.

According to Netzer, «criticism of legal gambling smacks of nannying ordinary working and retired folks: We the affluent, who would not dream of playing numbers whether legal or illegal, long shots on the races or for jackpots at slot machines, don't want you, the unwashed, to enjoy your simple pleasures.»

Working as a bookmaker for the mastermind of illegal sports gambling, Ron «The Cigar» Sacco, I've seen it all.

Acting New Rochelle Police Commissioner Joseph Schaller added: «I want to commend members of the New Rochelle Police Department's Special Investigation's Unit, members of the New York State Attorney General's Office and members of the Westchester County District Attorney's Office for their hard work and dedicated efforts in helping to root out illegal gambling and loan - sharking in the City of New Rochelle.»

Judge Manuel Mendez heard arguments from both Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office as well as lawyers for fantasy sports companies as the state seeks to block their activities in New York, arguing they are providing a form of illegal gambling.

«From loansharking and illegal gambling, to credit card and health care fraud, and even firearms trafficking, today's mafia is fully diversified in its boundless search for illegal profits,» Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement.

ALBANY — Daily fantasy sports site are preparing for a legislative push, retaining some of New York's most prominent lobbyists in the wake of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's determination that the companies were facilitating illegal gambling.

An illegal war Uncontrolled immigration # billions leaking every year via new quangos Students (in England) now have to mortgage their futures to get to University 24 hour binge drinking breakdown of the family vast increase in licensed gambling External debt quadrupled to $ 11 Trillion making us the second largest debtor nation in the world after the USA at $ 12 Trillion (we may overtake them later this year) Pension funds pillaged for # 5Bn a year Gold reserves sold for a pittance Children leaving school unable to read or write NHS a basket case - 1 in 10 leave hospital sicker than when they went in.

Acting New Rochelle Police Commissioner Joseph F. Schaller said, «I want to commend members of the New Rochelle Police Department's Special Investigation's Unit, members of the New York State Attorney General's Office and members of the Westchester County District Attorney's Office for their hard work and dedicated efforts in helping to root out illegal gambling and loan - sharking in the City of New Rochelle.»

«From loansharking and illegal gambling, to credit card and health care fraud, and even firearms trafficking, today's mafia is fully diversified in its boundless search for illegal profits.

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It's a sharp, teasing setup for a tale of even higher stakes and steeper falls from grace, set in motion by an early scene of Molly being arrested by the FBI for her alleged involvement in an illegal gambling racket.

Officially, there is no monetary payout because gambling for cash was until recently illegal in Japan; instead, balls are exchanged for tokens or small prizes like pens or chocolate bars, or more balls.

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Beginning at the Prohibition - themed River City Saloon, the journey continues to the famed Delta King riverboat, which used to be known as the floating hotspot for illegal drinking and gambling (and now permanently docked on the river in Old Sacramento).

Earlier this year the Gambling Commission successfully prosecuted the operators of a website providing illegal gambling facilities for in - game items which was accessible to children — the first regulator in the world to bring such anGambling Commission successfully prosecuted the operators of a website providing illegal gambling facilities for in - game items which was accessible to children — the first regulator in the world to bring such angambling facilities for in - game items which was accessible to children — the first regulator in the world to bring such an action.

Rigby and Douglas are the first people being prosecuted by their government for illegal videogame gambling.

Things take a turn for the worse when a great deal of her money is completely blown through thanks to her father's illegal gambling.

Additionally, the bill mentions the notion that game companies can add «predatory» content to games via updates and content patches — which is how Ultimate team Debuted FYI — but makes no attempt to make that illegal, either: there is currently no disclosure required at time of purchase that video games contain predatory loot boxes and gambling - like mechanisms which may pose a harmful risk for some people, particularly youth and young adults.

Lee also addresses the condition of young players in gaming environments where loot boxes can be purchased, stating lack of emotional and psychological maturity is the reason gambling is illegal for persons under age 21.

At that time — in fact, for some 250 years since 1633 — card games had been banned in Japan in order to combat illegal gambling.

This racket puts all of organized crime, to include drug smuggling, human trafficking, illegal gambling, murder for hire & every other racket to shame.

As if the facts above weren't great enough for a contracts exam question, the case is further complicated by the fact that (a) brother Troy, not Bakaysa, bought the winning ticket, and (b) Connecticut law makes gambling contracts illegal (which led the lower court to dismiss Sokaitis» lawsuit seeking her share).

The specifics are oft - debated, but it remains the case that online gambling is illegal in the U.S. Or, at least, the acceptance by an online gambling site of any feasible alternative for funding the account of a U.S. - based customer is illegal.

Federal and state criminal prosecutors have roped our corporate clients into a myriad of white collar criminal allegations from running illegal operations involving counterfeiting and gambling, to market manipulation, bid rigging, trafficking in counterfeit goods and creating fraudulent investment vehicles as facades for Ponzi schemes.

* It is still illegal for anyone to wear armour to Parliament, (Royal Prerogative 1279) * Hanging washing in the street, beating a carpet and flying a kite are set out in the Town Police Clauses Act, 1847, (chapter 89, section 28) as punishable by a # 1,000 fine * The Licensing Act of 1872 states that it is illegal to be drunk in charge of a cow, horse or steam engine * You can't fire a cannon close to a dwelling house (Metropolitan Police Act 1839) * You can't bet or gamble in the library reading room (Library Offences Act 1898) * You can't use any slide upon ice or snow (Town Police Clauses Act 1847) * You can't drive cattle through the streets of London (Metropolitan Streets Act 1867)

As to if it is illegal gambling, that would depend on the law in the jurisdiction where it takes place: for an internet transaction this could be the jurisdiction of the website owner or the user or both.

In February 2012, the US Attorney for the District of Maryland indicted Bodog, Calvin Ayre and three other individuals on charges of illegal gambling and money laundering conspiracy.

There are several sites dedicated to online gambling using BTC, this is perfect for countries where gambling is illegal and has somehow stopped transactions to and from betting sites.

Per media outlet Law Times, the court heard that a man charged with posting banner ads for illegal pornography and gambling sites had accrued his earnings in bitcoin (totaling 216 BTC).

Coinbase is also said to be suspending accounts that are used for online gambling, which is certainly not illegal in many places.