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5526 El Cajon Boulevard
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Sanders Segal wrote on the message board: > California Card Club Lucky Lady Fronted for Illegal Betting Op, Feds > Claim > > San Diego, California’s Lucky Lady card club was raided by the FBI, > as well as the IRS, last week. The poker card room’s owner was > charged with racketeering and running an illegal gambling business by > the federal agency. > > Lucky Lady San Diego illegal sports betting raid > The chips are down for the Lucky Lady Casino in San Diego, as > management stands accused of running an illicit sports book following > an FBI and IRS raid this week. (Image: amazon.com > Thirteen workers were arrested and charged as a result of the > investigation, which alleges the club’s Lucky Lady sports book was a > front for an illegal offshore-to-onshore betting operation. > > According to an indictment filed by the US District Attorney’s > Office for the Southern District of California, the main defendant in > the case is Sanders Segal, who ran Segal’s Lucky Lady sports book in > coordination with the Lucky Lady’s owner, Stanley Penn. > > The operation, according to the indictment, was “an illegal > enterprise that connected bookies, sub-bookies and significant bettors > with sports gambling websites located outside the United States, some > of which were owned and controlled by members of the enterprise.” > > Linked to Illegal Online Gambling Sites > > Segal’s son Sydney, who worked at the cage, could allegedly comingle > cash from the card room’s legit operations with the haul from > illicit betting transactions, the indictment said. > > Among those also charged was David Leppo, who owns and operates > several unnamed online gambling sites based outside the US, which > provided a channel for the illegal bets. Customer bets were usually > placed on the websites via accounts owned by the Lucky Lady sports > book, but high rollers were given their own special accounts, the > indictment continued. > > Feds said that more than 100 agents swooped in for coordinated raids > in California, Nevada, and Kentucky. The raids were the culmination of > an investigation that began in 2014, employing wiretaps and undercover > detectives to infiltrate the operation. > > “This case is a classic example of how a legitimate business can be > infiltrated and used to facilitate criminal activity by members of a > criminal enterprise,” said FBI Special Agent in Charge Eric > Birnbaum. “The FBI is committed to disrupting and dismantling > criminal enterprises that seek to use legitimate businesses as a > platform for their criminal activity.” > > Shady Practices > > This week’s actions were but the latest in a string of ignominious > brushes with the law for California’s card clubs. In December, two > additional San Diego clubs, the Palomar Card Club and the Seven Mile > Casino, were raided and charged with money laundering on behalf of an > illegal gambling operation with Mob connections. > > Then just last month, it was the Hawaiian Gardens, a major PokerStars > ally for the push to regulate online poker in the state. That room was > fined $2.8 million for repeated violations of its anti-money > laundering responsibilities. > > Meanwhile, the state’s oldest club, the Normandie, lost its own > license last year after its owners were convicted on federal > money-laundering charges. It was threatened with closure, until Larry > Flynt stepped in to purchase the club, renaming it, ironically enough, > the Lucky Lady. The Gardena-based room has no affiliation with the San > Diego room or its raids.
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