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CNBC Investigates presents: "The big business of illegal Gambling"
- 12-11-2009
- Categorized in: News & Entertainment, Other Articles
On Wednesday, December 16th at 9PM ET, CNBC will premiere a special report titled "CNBC Investigates: The Big Business of Illegal Gambling" and conducted by CNBC's "The Call" co anchor Melissa Francis. The one-hour investigative report will feature interviews with an illegal sports bookmaker; a professional gambler from Las Vegas; an Internet entrepreneur who owned a 200 million dollar offshore gambling website and became the first American prosecuted for running an online gambling operation, and the case of Nick Sarillo, a restaurant owner who freelances as a bookie and gets in trouble with the Mafia.
The show gives an in-depth look at how illegal gambling has become one of the most profitable business on the internet and how technology has made gambling much more accessible for millions of users around the world. The program will also cover the debate over legalizing online gambling, an idea that its gaining adepts in Washington, and closes with an interview with Congressman Jim McDermott, a Democrat from Washington State and the sponsor of a bill intended to tax and regulate online poker and other gaming activities and Congressman Bob Goodlatte, a Republican from Virginia and author of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) voted in 2006.
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The show gives an in-depth look at how illegal gambling has become one of the most profitable business on the internet and how technology has made gambling much more accessible for millions of users around the world. The program will also cover the debate over legalizing online gambling, an idea that its gaining adepts in Washington, and closes with an interview with Congressman Jim McDermott, a Democrat from Washington State and the sponsor of a bill intended to tax and regulate online poker and other gaming activities and Congressman Bob Goodlatte, a Republican from Virginia and author of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) voted in 2006.
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