Old-fashioned illegal bookmaking tends to be controlled by Chinese gangs known as triads.

He also derived income from sly-grog selling, two-up schools, illegal bookmaking, extortion, prostitution and, in his later years, is believed by some to have moved into cocaine dealing.

The Federal Wire Act of 1961 was an attempt by the US government to prevent illegal bookmaking.

The section indicates that any unauthorized wager (i.e. those accepted in illegal bookmaking) shall have a 2% excise tax placed on them.

I clearly saw the crucial moral distinction between illegal bookmaking and government-sponsored gambling: the bookmakers give better odds.

In separate indictments, four others are accused of running an illegal bookmaking and loansharking operation in northern New Jersey, officials said.

During his time in Los Angeles, he was arrested several times for illegal bookmaking and once for obstruction of justice.

Huang is arrested and sentenced to jail for illegal bookmaking and causing hurt to a public servant, but he was temporarily bailed out to settle family matters.

A police report in 1979 alleged he was involved in illegal bookmaking.

Mr. Hynes urged the State Legislature to make betting with bookmakers a crime as a way of deterring illegal bookmaking in the city.