Weekend Internet Sports Gambling Bust Involves Former NFL Player

Players in the NFL are given many different educational tools concerning illegal gambling. Lectures are given to rookies when they enter the league, and multiple programs are used to deter players from getting involved.

One former player now understands what the NFL was preaching. Over the weekend, former offensive lineman Todd Burger was arrested for his role in running an illegal Internet gambling site.

Berger, who played for the Chicago Bears and New York Jets, was apparently the muscle behind the operation. Anthony Pecoraro, who was also arrested, was the brains of the operation. Burger was used, according to police, as a collector of gambling debts.

The operation used the website www.beteastsports.com. Gamblers would go on the website under code names and numbers, and place illegal bets. The bets were then processed by Pecoraro, who also set player limits and controlled the collecting and paying of these bets.

$70,000 in cash was seized by the suspects in the case, who, in addition to Burger and Pecoraro, included Peter Carfaro, Stephen Barone, and Daniel Alaimo. Computers that possibly contained evidence, and a .357 Magnum handgun were also taken by authorities in the arrests.

A four month investigation concluded with the arrests according to New Jersey State Police and Somerset County Prosecutors.

December 17, 2007
Posted By Tom Jones
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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