Marty Jensen Steps Out From The Shadows

Christopher Costigan, www.sports911.com

Accountant, restaurateur, internet casino owner (MainStreetCasino.com, TwinAcesCasino.com et al.), and now sports betting portal owner (TheRx.com), Marty Jensen is certainly a man of all trades but at the same time he has always been somewhat of an enigma to the online gambling community....that is, until now.

In this first ever interview with Mr. Jensen, Sports911.com has worked in conjunction with Brian Cullingworth of Infopowa, a weekly newsletter covering the online gaming industry, as a means of answering the many questions gamers have in regard to Jensen.  We've attempted to get behind the persona. 

Speaking to Jensen, it is hard to imagine he is any of the things people over the Net refer to him as.  A lot of the animosity thrown his way no doubt comes from his dealings with the country of Denmark nearly three years ago, something he now admits could have been handled much better.

Brian originally outlined a number of set questions that Sports911.com has attempted to follow to the tee with some exceptions.  The first question, in particular, drew Marty's ire. 

The online gaming persona "Marty Jensen" is widely perceived as being mysterious, uncommunicative and even somewhat sinister - can you give us some personal background on yourself?

Marty was quick to point out that he is none of these things, quite the contrary.  Marty seemed most incensed by the suggestion that he is uncommunicative. 

"I am very open and a good communicator," Jensen insisted.

Getting beyond that, Marty gave us some personal background information

"I have three mistresses, I smoke crack every day and I love to swim naked in public pools."

No, No, No....Marty did not REALLY SAY THAT!  We just figured that was what you were all waiting for.

In truth, he is a family man with a solid educational background. 

Marty Jensen:  I've had a public accounting practice for about ten years in Vancouver.  I'm (also) in the hospitality industry.  I have a bar and restaurant in Vancouver.  This is all in conjunction with other stuff.  We have the (online) casinos I'm sure you are aware. 

Sports911: How did you end up involved in the online casino industry?

Marty Jensen:  What happened was six years ago I went down to Costa Rica to look at a land deal.  This guy down there started talking about online gambling and it just talk off from there.  It sounded pretty exciting.  He seemed to have the contacts to set it up and I had the money so we started it in August 1999.

Sports911: Are you as a Canadian concerned about running online casinos?  We all know that your counterparts from the United States are a bit antsy over legal ramifications.

Marty Jensen:  Up here (in Canada) it is an entirely different mentality.  Canadians are much more liberalized.  You probably have seen in Canadian news, legalizing marijuana, gays can and do get married.  In Vancouver, they just set up intravenous shops for guys with serious heroin problems with the thinking it will cut down on AIDS and of course Bush is not happy about our liberal attitude and that extends down to internet gaming.  You never hear anything about trouble up here with exception of Starnet but that was supposed to have involved child pornography.  It is a much more relaxed environment. 

SEX LIES AND CUSTOMER LISTS

Alleged improprieties between one of Jensen's employees and the female owner of a gambling portal site have ruffled many feathers in the player community, particularly with a group of individuals who claim the female involved traded sexual favors for one of Jensen's online casino customer lists. 

As the story goes, this portal owner was flown in to see the employee.  She went down on him in a moving vehicle then the two of them arrived at the house proceeding to engage in sordid passionate Kama Sutra moves that would make even Mahatma Gandi blush with shame.  The two of them did it everywhere, on the kitchen sink, on the back lawn, on the neighbors back lawn and every position imaginable.  She had one orgasm after another, waking up everyone on the block with her screams of ecstasy.  The sultry encounter was said to have lasted nearly seven steamy hours.  Due to the fact that this is a family site, we will not get into any of the more graphic details. 

Somewhere in the midst of this lascivious encounter, the employee is alleged to have provided this portal owner with the names and other confidential information pertaining to various players.

Marty Jensen:  I am 100 percent certain that there was no information passed from (employee name withheld) to this individual.  I am also a player and play on internet casinos and I would be absolutely unhappy if I knew my information was being bandied about.  We really go the extra mile in protecting people's privacy.  There are only a few people with access to this information.  If there is any misappropriation of this information, that person is terminated immediately, and that includes everybody.  I've also known (employee name withheld) for 15 plus years and have known his family and he is - you may not always agree with him - but definitely a man with integrity.

Sports911: But he did sleep with this girl right?

Marty Jensen:  Well, that is not necessarily a reflection of his integrity.  That part did happen.

Sports911: Here is the thing, are you saying that the employee in question didn't have that type of access?

Marty Jensen:  No, he had access, but there is no material reason for him to do that (which he is accused of doing).  If he was going to try and profit from this information he would sell it to another casino owner. 

There is no longer any business relationship with this particular individual (who runs the casino portal in question) anyway.  I don't even want our casinos to be on her forum any more.  There is just no longer any business relationship with this individual. 

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Originally published on April 12, 2004 (10:35 pm EST)