News Media Begins to Focus in on Weitzer Suicide Pact

To date, Gambling911.com has been the only mainstream news media outlet covering the suspicious deaths of online gambling website portal creator, Kenneth Weitzner, and his wife Jackie Balance Weitzner. 

Aside from a handful of website posting forums, few if any industry-related news venues have covered what was initially believed to be a "suicide pact".  Others have cast doubts on whether Jackie actually entered into such a "pact". 

Weitnzer was considered a pioneer in the world of online gambling portals, creating one of the very first such websites, ThePrescription.com (now called TheRx.com).  Weitzner fancied himself a psychiatrist, having gone to school to enter that particular field.  He never received his license, however.  Weitzner would later sell his beloved website for just over $2 million and start a similar vehicle called EOG.com or Eye On Gambling. 

The poker media has almost entirely ignored the Weitzner double suicide story despite his site being the first to prominently feature soon-to-be-billionaire Ruth Parasol's initial online casino company.  She would ultimately go on to found PartyGaming/PartyPoker, the single biggest IPO of 2004 on the London Stock Exchange.  Weitzner in some ways was the father of today online poker portals.  His site had a successful posting forum before TwoPlusTwo.com evolved into what it is today. 

Based on information obtained by Gambling911.com, a major media outlet is in the process of investigating the Weitzner deaths with the final article due out later this month. 

Weitzner and his wife were found last month in a detached apartment on their sprawling Chesapeake, Virginia property, dead from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning and an overdose of pills.  Suicide notes were reportedly found at the scene though offered little explanation for a motive.  Rumors suggest that Ken Weitzner either owed a million dollars from a losing bet NCAA Championship bet or he was about to be indicted.

Weitzner acted as an informant for the Feds during a 1990's investigation into Medicare fraud.  It is also believed through an investigation being conducted by Gambling911.com that Weitzner had been interviewed by federal agents in late 2006 or early 2007 following passage of the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act (UIGEA).  Additionally, he was subpoenaed to provide information related to Las Vegas golf course developer and sports bettor Billy Walters.  Weitzner was flown to San Diego as part of this subpoena though it is not known what information he offered up. 

Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com         

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on Thu, 05/06/2010 - 23:06
Tags: 

Comments

Sure sign of tom somach

Sat, 05/15/2010 - 08:52 — Guest
Sure sign of tom somach trash "column" under his name or one of his many aliases, like the one above - there's always at least one 'anonymous' reply talking about how great the "article" is. He got busted at major wager for having multiple id's and doing the same thing. What a tool. Hey Tammy, still can't get a real journalist job I see. It will be painful, but for the best - it's time you drop the denial - you're a complete failure.

this is crap

Sun, 05/09/2010 - 08:01 — Guest
This site does as much damage as anything Ken ever did...give his family some peace.

Another good story from Gambling 911 on The Shrink

Fri, 05/07/2010 - 17:41 — Guest
You guys deserve high marks for your solid reporting on this story. Gambling 911 are the leaders in this industry with such solid and accurate in depth reporting on the Shrink murdering his wife and then taking his own life as he lit the grill to cause the poison gas to enter hte apartment. Keep up the good work on this story. EOG posters and employees such as John Kelly want the facts to come out.

Mainstream Media Outlet?

Fri, 05/07/2010 - 07:36 — Guest
LMFAO! This is about as much of a mainstream media outlet as The Onion

Too much credit

Fri, 05/07/2010 - 14:40 — Guest
Comparing this site to the Onion is giving it way too much credit. The reason real news sites are not carrying this story probably has more to do with no one caring. Was he rat? Who cares? Was it a pact? Who cares? Is this news? Only to those with impotent revenge fantasies against someone who may or may not have actually wronged them.

Gambling911

Fri, 05/07/2010 - 15:02 — Guest
Is everywhere! Mentioned in today's New York Post. You guys are good.

Keep Up the Good Work Gambling 911

Fri, 05/07/2010 - 03:17 — Guest
Outstanding job with the Weitzner story. Kudos to having the balls to report on this subject. It looks like a very complicated matter. Things could shape up that he was a Rat who may have been forced to testify under oath against one of the recent arrests. A Rat must testify on the stand if a case goes to trial and I am beginning to think he may have got a call saying he would be called into court to testify if their was no out of court deal made.