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Want to bet on LSU verses Ohio State in the BCS Championship on Monday night? You can wager online at Sportsbook.com...but it might not be wise to do so in Louisiana. Following the catastrophe that was Hurricane Katrina, a number of online gambling websites banded together to raise money for victims. The state of Louisiana rewarded these sites by executing arrest warrants for a number of online gambling site operators, including one Peter Dicks, who was a Board of Director with Sportingbet Ltd., the one time parent company of Sportsbook.com. Dicks was apprehended while changing flights in New York City. Then Governor, George Pataki, kindly declined extraditing Mr. Dicks to Louisiana. Once free, the Sportingbet Director voluntarily resigned his post and agreed to pay a fine to the state of Louisiana. We seriously doubt any of that money trickled down to the good people of New Orleans, who are still suffering more than two years after Katrina. Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco signed off on the request to have Dicks summoned to Louisiana. But alas, if you're a politician, you can bet on LSU in the BCS Championship. On Sunday, Baton Rouge Mayor, Melvin “Kip” Holden and Columbus Ohio Mayor, Michael B. Coleman will be making a friendly “wager” on the LSU-Ohio State BCS Championship game which will be played in the Superdome on Monday. We don't see anything wrong with these individuals placing such a bet. More than half those living in the United States probably will be as well. But then there is Louisiana Governor Blanco. Last week, Babineaux Blanco placed a "friendly" bet with Ohio Governor Ted Strickland.
"I wished Governor
Strickland luck for
his Buckeyes in the
upcoming game - he's
going to need it!"
Governor Blanco
said. "I enjoy these
friendly wagers when
Louisiana teams make
us proud. He wagered
a sampling of Ohio's
home-grown wine that
his team would win,
and I sweetened the
pot, betting a king
cake that LSU would
take the title. It's
a sure thing, I'm
looking forward to
toasting the
victorious Tigers
with that wine!" ---- Christopher Costigan, Gambling911.com Publisher CCostigan@CostiganMedia.com
Originally published
January 6, 2008
11:28 pm EST
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Betting
on LSU in Louisiana
is Illegal....Unless
You're a Politician