Las Vegas: Multimillion-dollar illegal bookmaking operation busted

A Las Vegas man is accused of running an illegal bookmaking operation involving about $8 million in bets at Nevada sportsbooks and an offshore website based in Costa Rica.

William West Roberts, 57, was arrested Tuesday after a multi-year investigation by the Nevada Gaming Control Board and the FBI. The investigation relied in part on a “confidential human source” and undercover investigators posing as gamblers, according to an arrest report for Roberts…

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