2006 February 08 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Rick Tocchet, a former National Hockey League player now an assistant to Phoenix Coyotes coach Wayne Gretzky, has denied involvement in a mob-linked illegal gambling ring.

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The league’s inquiry into the accusation that Rick Tocchet of the Phoenix Coyotes financed a multimillion-dollar sports gambling ring will be conducted by Robert Cleary.

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MGM-Mirage Inc. Chairman Terry Lanni told attendees of the fourth quadrennial Racing Congress that gaming companies and racetracks should work together to legalize more forms of Internet gaming.

Given its timing, the recent crackdown on one of the country’s biggest and perhaps most well-established casinos could not be seen otherwise but as an act to eclipse the anti-Thaksin rally at the Royal Plaza.

A look at some sports-related gambling scandals:

While public attention was preoccupied with Saturday’s Royal Plaza rally, police successfully executed a plan which had been a month in the making and smashed one of the city’s biggest illegal gambling operations with military-style precision.