22-Jul-06. Bail hearing postponed for head of online gambling firm. Lethbridge Herald, E6.

David Carruthers, chief executive of BetOnSports PLC, a major online sports-betting operation, remained in custody Friday on racketeering and conspiracy charges after his lawyer asked that a bail hearing be postponed. Carruthers and 10 others, including the founder of BetOnSports, were named in a 22-count indictment unsealed this week be federal prosecutors in St. Louis. The government says BetOnSports fraudulently took bets from U.S. residents by phone and the Internet, and failed to pay excise taxes.