U.S. Arrests Online Gambling Company Chairman 634
imaginaryelf writes "Reuters reports that U.S. authorities have arrested Peter Dicks, the chairman of U.K. based online sports betting company Sportingbet Plc, while he was passing through Dallas. Just two months ago, the CEO of another U.K. based online sports betting company, BetOnSports, was arrested on U.S. soil as well. They are both charged with violating the 1961 Federal Wire Act, which can be broadly interpreted as declaring all forms of online gambling illegal in the U.S. Is online gambling the Alcohol Prohibition of the 21st century?"
"Peter Dicks" (Score:1, Funny)
Yes! (Score:5, Funny)
No, not gambling... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:"Peter Dicks" (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Prohibition? Hardly... (Score:5, Funny)
You wanna bet?
Re:JFK, not DFW (Score:3, Funny)
Re:JFK, not DFW (Score:5, Funny)
The real terrorists?? (Score:2, Funny)
Take a look at your so-called friend, Britain!
Re:JFK, not DFW (Score:1, Funny)
Re:I dont see the logic in this (Score:1, Funny)
Are americans SO moron...
Oh, the humor.
If you're going to call someone a moron, please use proper grammar, or you'll wind up looking like a moron yourself.
Re:"Peter Dicks" (Score:2, Funny)
Leave the poor guy alone. It's not his fault his first and last names are both euphemisms for 'penis.'
Re:Common sense (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Common sense (Score:3, Funny)
Now you know what I've been going through!
I don't know if the FBI has these things I've done on the internet in the nineties on record desperatly waiting for me to fly over. I always have these nightmares where I set foot on American soil and have all these FBI guys grinning at me when I finally feel confident enough that the things I've done went unnoticed or uncared about, and shipping me off in a weird CIA prison in my own country in Europe and am forced into gay sex and afterwards some journalist saving me by sending pictures of that around the world.
Don't get me wrong, I don't fear Americans as they're really easily outsmarted (i'm pretending to know English!) and I can handle weird laws and customs, heck even torture, but I'm simply waaay too homophobic...
Re:JFK, not DFW (Score:2, Funny)
17 / 135 points (Score:5, Funny)
> L
You are sitting in an airplane seat, in the coach section of an airliner. The airliner is descending.
> I
You are carrying:
>READ TICKET
I don't see any ticket here.
>READ TICKET STUB
The ticket stub is for an intercontinental flight from Great Britain to Mexico, with a stopover in Dallas.
>DALLAS?
I don't know how to dallas.
>DOES THIS PLANE HAVE A STOPOVER IN DALLAS?
I don't see any plane here.
>LEAVE PLANE
Your seatbelt holds you in the seat, preventing you from standing up.
>OPEN SEATBELT
You cannot open that.
>UNFASTEN SEATBELT
Unfastened.
>LEAVE PLANE
You need to stand up first.
>STAND UP
You are now standing. The passenger sitting next to you looks agitated.
>LEAVE PLANE
The exit doors are locked, as the plane is still in flight.
>FUCK
I don't know how to fuck.
The plane is about to land in Dallas. You are likely to be arrested by a grue.
>ARE THEY GOING TO ARREST ME?
I don't see any they here.
>EXIT
You cannot exit now.
Your sword is glowing faintly.
>QUIT
You cannot quit now.
Your sword is glowing faintly.
Re:JFK, not DFW (Score:5, Funny)
In related news, UK blocks all US Internet Traffic (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I dont see the logic in this (Score:2, Funny)
'Cuz this guy has all their money.
Re:No, not gambling... (Score:4, Funny)
The trouble with that plan is that we all carry lighters.
Re:Our laws, your country... (Score:2, Funny)
I find your ideas intriguing and wish to subscribe to your newletter.
Re:"Peter Dicks" (Score:2, Funny)
"I don't care how you do it, don't phone me again until you have Dicks in your hands..."