The indictments follow federal prosecutions last year of three of the biggest websites involved in online poker. 22, were unveiled Tuesday in Baltimore, prosecutors said. The website's domain name was seized Monday and the indictments, which were returned Feb.
The gambling website Bodog has been shut down and four Canadians indicted, including founder Calvin Ayre, for illegal gambling that generated more than $100 million in winnings, U.S. He was sentenced to one year of unsupervised probation and a $500,000 US fine. Ayre pleaded guilty to a misdemeanour charge of being an accessory after the fact to the transmission of wagering information. federal prosecutors dropped the felony charges against Calvin Ayre outlined in the story below.
