Sportingbet Members Once Again In Trouble Due To Online Gambling

Turkey is in the process of cracking down on illegal online casino gambling. Authorities have detained two members of Sportingbet, a company that is believed to be involved with the illegal online gambling.

While the names of the detainees have not been released, the authorities have described them as middle management for the company. The arrests happened in two separate raids in Istanbul. Around thirty people in total are being detained from the raids.

This is not the first time that Sportingbet has had their members in the news for illegal online gambling. Back in 2006 in New York, the company's chairman, Peter Dicks was arrested. No charges ever came from that arrest, however.

The employees that were detained from Sportingbet are believed to be London based. They were in Turkey celebrating a holiday, but were not permitted to leave the country. While Turkey is clamping down, Sportingbet believes they have done nothing outside of the law.

"Turkish law seeks to make it illegal to be based anywhere in the world. Our interpretation is that Turkish law ends at the Turkish border," said Andrew McIver, Chief Executive of Sportingbet.

McIver also believes that the company could take bets from inside the country, as long as they did not conduct their operations or have any assets within the country.

May 31, 2008
Posted By Tom Jones
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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