With all the hype going round about the upcoming attempts in US Congress to ban online casino gambling, the news of an illegal gambling ring in Montgomery County, US almost passed under the radar.  However, the profile of this most recent case was too high to not be worth making the headline news.

Three men are currently being indicted in Greenbelt US District Court for a gambling conspiracy involving over 50,000 gambling related telephone calls between 2002-03, as well as extensive money laundering.  A fourth man was indicted last month of similar charges.  Considering this previous indictment, speculation is surmounting that police were successful on "making people talk" and getting to the root of this large gambling ring.

All four men being indicted are all related to one another, and are suspected of running their network from under a single family roof.  The investigation covers a time period from March of 2001 and January of 2004, during which time the men were advertising their betting service with pamphlets and by word of mouth.  Using a toll-free telephone number, bets were primarily taken for basketball and football games, although other sporting events were involved in the scheme.