US Online Gambling Crackdown Hits World Gaming
25 Sep 2006
UNITED STATES AND LONDON, England -- As reported by the Daily Telegraph: "The crackdown on internet gambling in the US has begun to frighten off senior directors. World Gaming chairman James Grossman and non-executive director Clare Roberts have both resigned from the online gaming group on fears they will be arrested in the US.
"David Carruthers, chief executive of Betonsports and Peter Dicks, chairman of Sportingbet, have both been arrested in the US recently in connection with online gambling laws. The arrests have prompted others, including PartyGaming's chairman Michael Jackson, to say he would not travel to the US unless absolutely necessary..."