Sports gambling ring busted in Borgata poker room

TRENTON, N.J. - An illegal sports gambling ring run out of a high-stakes poker room in an Atlantic City casino was busted Wednesday and 18 people were arrested, including four with mob ties, a law enforcement official said.

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The four — affiliated with the Philadelphia mob — appeared to be the ringleaders, with six employees of the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa also among those arrested, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment on the case.

Details on charges were not immediately available. Five other people were being sought Wednesday.

State Attorney General Anne Milgram scheduled an afternoon news conference to discuss the case.

Borgata spokesman Michael Facenda said he could not comment.

The state Casino Control Commission was expected to take disciplinary action against the casino workers who were arrested, commission spokesman Daniel Heneghan said.

"I'm certain that any Borgata employees that were arrested, the Division of Gaming Enforcement will file complaints to revoke their licenses," he said.

If the charges are proven, it would be among the most serious mob incursions into the Atlantic City casino industry since the first casino opened in 1978. Fear of organized crime prompted New Jersey to institute tight controls when legal gambling began, but regulations have been loosened over the years.

The anxieties were expressed in a now-famous speech by then-Gov. Brendan T. Byrne when he signed the law authorizing casinos on June 2, 1977: "I've said it before and I will repeat it again to organized crime: Keep your filthy hands off Atlantic City. Keep the hell out of our state!"

Unlike Las Vegas, Atlantic City has no legal sports book.

This is the second high-profile sports betting charge in New Jersey in the last two years. In 2006, a state trooper, NHL hockey coach Rick Tocchet and a third man were charged with running a sports gambling ring. All later pleaded guilty.

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the mob, cartel, mexican mafia, MS-13, and evangelists appreciate the U.S. gov't keeping drugs and sports betting illegal

mr21 said:

the mob, cartel, mexican mafia, MS-13, and evangelists appreciate the U.S. gov't keeping drugs and sports betting illegal

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100% right

Can you guess how they got caught ?

mj 23 said:

Can you guess how they got caught ?

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:think2: I give up

WVU said:

:think2: I give up

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It had to be an employee that was left out of the picture and ended up turning them in. Only a guess.

Yet another victimless crime. Land of the free!!

Well, I asked a few months back about a rumor I heard that sports gambling was coming to AC soon.......apparently it was already there!!!

I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!

mj 23 said:

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hmmmmm........jj when was the last time you were at the Borgata?

Betting leaders get prison time



February 28, 2009
The two leaders of a sports betting ring that took in more than $60 million each were sentenced to five-year terms in state prison on Friday.
Authorities said Jack Buscemi Jr., 51, of Mullica Hill, was the head of the ring that operated from the poker room of the Borgata Hotel Casino in Atlantic City.
Andrew Micali, 33, of Ventnor controlled the ring's daily operations over a 20-month period, officials added.
Buscemi, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering, also was ordered to pay $20,000 in fines and to forfeit some $30,000 in assets. Micali, who pleaded guilty to criminal usury, was ordered to forfeit $125,000 by Superior Court Judge Michael Donio.
Authorities shut down the ring in November 2007, arresting more than 20 people.