Sportingbet chairman detained in U.S.

JakeT. · Sep 7, 2006

9 minutes ago

LONDON (Reuters) - Online bookmaker Sportingbet Plc (SBT.L) said on Thursday its chairman, Peter Dicks, had been detained by U.S. authorities.
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The group said it had sought immediate temporary suspension of its shares pending clarification of the situation.

Santo · Sep 7, 2006

Some people never learn..

5teamparlay · Sep 7, 2006

Peter Dicks

uppy:

AlexBHG · Sep 7, 2006

Sportingbet Chairman Dicks Is Detained by U.S. Authorities

By Dan Weeks
Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Sportingbet Plc, the Web bookmaker that owns Paradise Poker, said Chairman Peter Dicks has been detained by U.S. authorities and a hearing has been scheduled.
The London-based company made the announcement today in a Regulatory News Service statement after requesting a suspension of its shares. Dicks, 64, is the second manager of a U.K. Internet sports-betting company to be held in the U.S. after David Carruthers, former chief executive officer of Betonsports Plc, was arrested in July.

Revere14 · Sep 7, 2006

No offense, but this is no laughing matter.

Revere14

AlexBHG · Sep 7, 2006

http://www.hemscott.com/news/latest-news/item.do?newsId=35968203650113

Sportingbet says chairman Peter Dicks detained by US authorities
LONDON (AFX) - Sportingbet PLC said non-executive chairman Peter Dicks was been detained by US Authorities in the early hours of this morning whilst visiting the US on non-Sportingbet business.

A statement from the company said a hearing for Dicks is scheduled for 2.00 pm BST and added pending clarification of the situation the Board has sought immediate temporary suspension of Sportingbet's shares.

5teamparlay · Sep 7, 2006

What books are under their umbrella.

Santo · Sep 7, 2006

A ton:

Sportingbet Plc / World Gaming Plc
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52Bet D+ www.52bet.com
ABCsportsbook D+ www.abcsportsbook.com
Aces D+ www.aces.com
AllHorseRacing C www.allhorseracing.com/sportsbook.php
AllProSportsbook D+ www.allprosportsbook.com
AllStar D+ www.allstar.com
AztecGaming D+ www.aztecgaming.com
BetInVegas D+ www.betinvegas.com
BetUK B www.betuk.com
BetUSA B- www.betusa.com
CasinoVenture D+ off-line
CasinoWelt D+ www.casinowelt.com
ClubVipCasino D+ www.clubvipcasino.com/sportsbook/index.html
EuroSportWetten D+ www.eurosportwetten.com
Gambling.net B- www.gambling.net
GamingCosmos D+ www.gamingcosmos.com
Hollywood C www.hollywoodsportsbook.com
Iwager D+ www.iwager.com
Linesmaker D+ www.linesmaker.com
MySportsbook D+ www.mysportsbook.com
Parier D+ www.parier.net
PlaceMyBet D+ www.placemybet.com
PlayersOnly D+ www.playersonly.com
ProBets D+ www.probets.com
Racebook D+ www.racebook.com
SB28 D+ www.sb28.com
ScoreOnSports D www.scoreonsports.com
SportFanatik D+ www.sportfanatik.com
SportingBet D+ www.sportingbet.com
SportingBetUSA D+ www.sportingbetusa.com
SportingOdds D+ www.sportingodds.com
SportingParlor D+ www.sportingparlor.com
Sports D+ www.sports.com
Sportsbetting D+ www.sportsbetting.com
Sportsbook D+ www.sportsbook.com
Sportsbooks D+ www.sportsbooks.com
SportsWager D+ www.sportswager.com
SuperBahis D+ www.superbahis.com
SuperBook D+ www.superbook.com
SuperSportsbook D+ www.supersportsbook.com
TakaraCasino D+ www.takaracasino.com
TheBestBet D+ www.thebestbet.com
USDbet D+ www.usdbet.com
WagerTonight D+ www.wagertonight.com
WallStreet D+ www.wallstreet.com
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Win4Real D+ www.win4real.com

Revere14 · Sep 7, 2006

Sportingbet says chairman detained in U.S.

LONDON (Reuters) - Online bookmaker Sportingbet Plc said on Thursday its chairman, Peter Dicks, had been detained by U.S. authorities, causing shares across the sector to dive as investors feared a crackdown on online gaming.

Analysts said the detention mirrored the detention in July of the CEO of another company that took online sports bets from the United States, Costa Rica-based BETonSPORTS.

BETonSPORTS former Chief Executive David Carruthers and seven others pleaded not guilty to racketeering and other charges. The company has since said it is closing its U.S. business.

Sportingbet said it had sought immediate temporary suspension of its shares pending clarification of the situation. Shares in the company were down 1.8 percent at 238-1/2 pence at the time of the suspension.

The news hit other shares across the sector, with PartyGaming down 10.5 percent by 11:20 a.m., 888 plc down 15.2 percent and Playtech down 11.65 percent.

Sportingbet said earlier on Thursday it was in preliminary talks about making a possible all share offer for World Gaming Plc.

The two groups said that based on Sportingbet's closing price of 244 pence on Wednesday, the offer would value each World Gaming share at an implied price of 104 pence, valuing World Gaming at 107 million pounds.
"We have a long history with World Gaming," Sportingbet Finance Director Andy McIver told Reuters prior to the announcement that the group's chairman had been detained. "The servers that take our bets sit in a bunker in Antigua that is owned and maintained by World Gaming."
"This is about tidying up that relationship and taking control of key suppliers," he added.

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zee · Sep 7, 2006

I always wished my last post to be that:

"Land of the free"

Enjoy it. I'm not going back.

AlexBHG · Sep 7, 2006

sportsbook.com

whalewager · Sep 7, 2006

Calvin, you are next boy.

If you dont come here,they are coming to get you.

silver7 · Sep 7, 2006

Yeah Damn These Fuc*ing Liberals!!!!!

One day all you stupid bastards that put this admin. into office will acknowledge what a disaster it has been. If you had a son or daughter in or eligible to go Iraq/Afghanistan as do I you`d realize it. They`ll stop at nothing to restrict the freedoms we/I fought for and to mould this country in the way these religeously fanatic goofies envision. Go to your HS history book & read Ol Tom Jefferson`s writings re. freedom vs oppression!

whalewager · Sep 7, 2006

silver, why dont you shut the fuck up

sean1 · Sep 7, 2006

How hard is it not to come to the US if you run a sportsbook!!!

-Sean

LGBoots · Sep 7, 2006

What on earth posessed this idiot fly to the US knowing what the current climate towards Offshore books are there :monsters-

Brilliant timing as well with the NFL getting underway tonight, words fail me.

whalewager · Sep 7, 2006

The USA is the meat of their business.

Their egos wont let them stay away from here.

Blame it on Calvin. He is a fucking idiot. He brings a ton of negative attention to offshore.

They are coming for you boy.

whalewager · Sep 7, 2006

those books up there represent a ton of money that is going to be lost.

ace might finally have his threads passed with attention.

JoeScalipini · Sep 7, 2006

Mr Dicks should have entered the U.S. via the
Mexican border and he could have gone anywhere
he wanted to without any government agencies bothering
him.

whalewager · Sep 7, 2006

Joe Scalipini said:
Mr Dicks should have entered the U.S. via the
Mexican border and he could have gone anywhere
he wanted to without any government agencies bothering
him.

:missingte

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