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Police Arrest 28 Online Casino Gambling Operators, Including One Police Officer

The June 22, 2023, By Takato Sugihara

In Israel, police have reported the arrest of 28 people who are accused of operation of an illegal online gambling casino, including one of their own law enforcers. online casino news: Police Arrest 28 Online Casino Gambling Operators, Including One Police Officer

Israeli police have arrested 28 people accused of opening and operating an illegal online casino gambling operation. However, the surprise was that one of the people arrested was also a high ranking police officer. A suspended officer, an unnamed superintended of the computer division on leave since January was among those detained, and was given and was immediately given a two day extension on the suspension.

The operation was quite extensive, with a network of kiosks helping distribute disposable cash cards to hundreds of Israeli citizens. With values ranging from 100 to 5000 shekels, the card could be scratched to reveal a PIN number which would deposit the amount into the client’s account at the online casino.

Although law enforcement officials did say that 40 locations nationwide had been investigated in the search, and that hundreds of customers were involved, it was still unclear exactly how much money was passed around. Police are also investigating suspicions that some of Israel’s most prominent crime families were involved in the gambling ring. . Those arrested were held on suspicion of organizing illegal gambling activity, money laundering and tax violations.

Internet gambling in Israel is legal, but the only sites allowed to target and direct marketing to Israeli citizens in Hebrew are lottery and sports betting sites approved to do so by the central government; running an online casino in Israel is completely illegal. However, foreign online gambling websites prosper out of the reach of Israeli authorities and Internet gambling today is extremely popular in the country, particularly among Israeli teens.



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