Secret Facebook groups are allowing Alaskans to gamble illegally by live-streaming pull-tab reveals. (Image: Casino.org)
Proxy betting is big in Asia. It’s popularity in America’s frozen northwestern extremity appears to be a more recent phenomenon, and one which has been driven by the coronavirus pandemic.
In the casinos of the Philippines, for example, proxy betting involves a customer, often based in China, providing betting instructions remotely to an agent (proxy) based on the casino floor or in a VIP lounge who physically places the wager.
In Alaska, where, like China, opportunities to gamble are scarce, it appears to involve hosts of Facebook groups collecting players’ money through payment apps and then opening pull tabs on their behalf. The process is streamed via Facebook Live.
Alaska Wants Facebook Gambling Groups Sent into Permanent Hibernation
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The groups operate without gaming licenses and offer no protection to gamblers
Facebook hasn’t indicated whether it will get involved
Online gambling is a great alternative to land-based casino runs for a number of reasons. It allows the gambler to enjoy some entertainment while lounging around on the sofa, ensures social distancing is never a problem and provides a certain amount of anonymity that new gamblers find attractive. There’s something to be said about being able to gamble almost anytime and anywhere, but online gaming sites have certain risks, especially when they’re not regulated or monitored. As the
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In early March, someone in a community near Bethel received a letter from the state gaming manager. It ordered them to stop conducting illegal gambling on Facebook, and to turn in their gaming equipment and records to the state.
The person who received that letter, startled, contacted Anna Bill, who was a tribal police officer in Mountain Village at the time.
“They asked me to take a look at it,” Bill said. “And they were concerned about it.”
Bill said that the person was concerned the letter was a potential scam, so she contacted Alaska State Troopers, who told her that the letter was indeed real.
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Washington: Twenty years later, Jud Kilgore still canât get the video out of his mind.
In March 1991 Rodney King - a black man on parole for robbery - led police on a high-speed chase through Los Angeles.
The police officers eventually stopped him and ordered King out of the car. A group of officers proceeded to kick the 25-year-old repeatedly and club him with batons for around 15 minutes as colleagues watched. The beating left King with a fractured skull, broken bones and permanent brain damage.
A bystander with a home video camera filmed the assault. The tape horrified Kilgore, then in his early 30s and living in Los Angeles, when it was aired on television.
For those fortunate enough to garner a spot in the program, exciting things are on the horizon for the rest of the school year and during the clubs’ summer program.