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Gambling Ring Busted at Borgota

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  1. Happyrobot Happyrobot is offline

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    Nov 14th, 2007 (11/14/2007 12:24pm)

    Authorities say they've busted an illegal sports gambling ring run out of a poker room at an Atlantic City casino. A law enforcement official familiar with the case says 18 people are under arrest, including six Borgota Hotel Casino & Spa employees and four known mob associates from Philadelphia.
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    The official spoke only on condition of anonymity because the official is not authorized to speak about the case.

    The official says another five people are being sought.
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    New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram has scheduled a 2 p.m.
    news conference.
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    A call to Borgota spokesman Michael Facenda has not yet been
    returned.
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    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. 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.

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    Details on charges were not immediately available. Five other people were being sought Wednesday.
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    State Attorney General Anne Milgram scheduled an afternoon news conference to discuss the case.

    Borgata spokesman Michael Facenda said he could not comment.
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    The state Casino Control Commission was expected to take disciplinary action against the casino workers who were arrested, commission spokesman Daniel Heneghan said.
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    "I'm certain that any Borgata employees that were arrested, the Division of Gaming Enforcement will file complaints to revoke their licenses," he said.
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    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.
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    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!"
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    Unlike Las Vegas, Atlantic City has no legal sports book.
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    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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  2. AFink93 AFink93 is offline

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    Nov 14th, 2007 (11/14/2007 12:27pm) in reply to Happyrobot

    Where is the Borgota? Is that on the Boardwalk?
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    Nov 14th, 2007 (11/14/2007 12:30pm) in reply to AFink93

    It's not on the boardwalk, it's off the "strip."

    If you're coming into AC on the expressway, it's purple building on the left.
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    Nov 14th, 2007 (11/14/2007 12:30pm) in reply to AFink93

    It's in the Marina area of AC.
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    Nov 14th, 2007 (11/14/2007 12:33pm) in reply to Happyrobot

    Ive heard of the Borgata.. Not the borgota.
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    Nov 14th, 2007 (11/14/2007 12:41pm) in reply to AFink93

    Maybe i should edit the typo since ppl will obv not know what casino they're talking about. But it is pretty funny they screwed up all 3 times.
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    Nov 14th, 2007 (11/14/2007 1:18pm) in reply to Happyrobot

    Have a link?
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    Nov 14th, 2007 (11/14/2007 1:22pm) in reply to ranchgirl

    here you go, sry, dont know how to link.
    http://www.wjla.com/news/aploader.ht...&id=472628
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    Nov 14th, 2007 (11/14/2007 1:33pm) in reply to Happyrobot

    Excellent - thanks - will be interesting to see how they did it.
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    Nov 14th, 2007 (11/14/2007 1:36pm) in reply to ranchgirl

    ^^^Agreed, i love a good poker/mafia story.
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