8-Sep-06. U.S. nabs chairman of U.K. gambling site. Globe and Mail, B7.

The chairman of British online gambling company Sportingbet PLC has been detained in New York on a fugitive warrant, two months after an executive officer of Betonsports PLC was arrested in the United States on racketeering charges. Peter Dicks was arrested at Kennedy International Airport following his arrival on a flight from England. A warrant issued by the Louisiana State Police Gaming Enforcement Division charged Dicks with gambling by computer, which is punishable by up to a year in prison.