BETonSPORTS hopes to reopen within a week
LONDON (Reuters) - Internet bookmaker BETonSPORTS <BSS.L>is hoping that the sacking of its chief executive will prompt officials to allow it to reopen its Web site "within a week," the Daily Telegraph said on Thursday.
The group, which removed David Carruthers on Tuesday following his arrest in Texas on racketeering charges, hopes the move will give it enough leverage with the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen, the paper said, citing a source close to the company.
BETonSPORTS has complied with a U.S. demand that it close its sports betting operations for U.S. customers.
A U.S. judge on Wednesday extended a restraining order that bars the Internet bookmaker from accepting wagers from U.S. bettors at least through July.
The company could not be immediately reached for comment.
(c) Reuters 2006.
http://business.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1089942006
LONDON (Reuters) - Internet bookmaker BETonSPORTS <BSS.L>is hoping that the sacking of its chief executive will prompt officials to allow it to reopen its Web site "within a week," the Daily Telegraph said on Thursday.
The group, which removed David Carruthers on Tuesday following his arrest in Texas on racketeering charges, hopes the move will give it enough leverage with the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen, the paper said, citing a source close to the company.
BETonSPORTS has complied with a U.S. demand that it close its sports betting operations for U.S. customers.
A U.S. judge on Wednesday extended a restraining order that bars the Internet bookmaker from accepting wagers from U.S. bettors at least through July.
The company could not be immediately reached for comment.
(c) Reuters 2006.
http://business.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1089942006
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