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Lehigh Valley Man Charged For Gambling With Credit Cards Stolen While Escorting Woman To Car Lehigh Valley Man Charged For Gambling With Credit Cards Stolen While Escorting Woman To Car
Lehigh Valley Man Charged For Gambling With Credit Cards Stolen While Escorting Woman To Car A man from Bethlehem has been charged after he allegedly gambled online using credit cards he stole from a woman in a wheelchair when escorting her to her car. Victor Manuel Mariera, 41, is accused of stealing the cards from the woman at Wind Creek Casino in Bethlehem shortly after 12:45 a.m. on April 7, LehighValleyLive reports citing the the Bureau of Gaming Enforcement. Mariera, of the 1100 block of Dover Lane, was seen caught on surveillance footage taking the woman to her car, rummaging through her white bag and placing it in his backpack, the report says. The victim later reported a …

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by Valerie Musson
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COVID-19: Lights Out For Atlantic City Casinos COVID-19: Lights Out For Atlantic City Casinos
Covid-19: Lights Out For Atlantic City Casinos Atlantic City casinos are among the latest victims of coronavirus. It's only the fifth time in the 42-year history of legalized gambling in Atlantic City that the casinos will be closed indefinitely due to a crisis. The city's nine casinos were ordered closed as of 8 p.m. Monday by Gov. Phil Murphy as part of vast restrictions on businesses to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Previously, Atlantic City casinos shut down: For five days during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, For three days as Hurricane Irene approached in 2011, For a state government shutdown in 2006 that closed the casinos for…

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by Jon Craig
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Monmouth County Man Admits Running Pre-Legal Sports Betting Ring, Ponies Up $80,000 Monmouth County Man Admits Running Pre-Legal Sports Betting Ring, Ponies Up $80,000
Monmouth County Man Admits Running Pre-Legal Sports Betting Ring, Ponies Up $80,000 Before sports betting was legal in New Jersey, a Monmouth County man had his own action going -- and it's costing him now. John Dougherty, 55, of Keyport told a federal judge in Newark last month that he and an unidentified conspirator operated an online gambling ring for more than six years. Dougherty had his own group of bettors who, with his partner's knowledge and assistance, got access to a sport betting website with their own usernames and passwords, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. The associate funded the winnings and split the proceeds from the lost bets with Dougherty, Carpeni…

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by Jon Craig