The online sportsbook has reached agreement with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on the form of a Permanent Injunction, which replaces the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) issued on July 17. As a result of the order, BetonSports has agreed to complete the closure of its Costa Rica and Antiguan operations and to repay customers although this remains dependant on collection of monies from processors and other debtors.
BetonSports said it has agreed to the new injunction on the basis of legal advice in the US and the UK , but it also stated “that this has been done without the company admitting to or contesting any of the allegations contained within the complaint”.
BetonSports added that this was a major step to settle all outstanding criminal charges against the company.
BetonSports is also ordered to:
set up a toll free telephone service for each web site it operated that was accessible from the United States;
provide refund information to customers in the United States;
post on each web site it operates that is accessible from the United States, the following message on its primary access page: THIS WEB SITE DOES NOT ACCEPT WAGERS ON SPORTS OR SPORTING EVENTS FROM PERSONS IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS A VIOLATION OF UNITED STATES LAW TO TRANSMIT SPORTS WAGERS OR BETTING INFORMATION TO THIS WEB SITE FROM THE UNITED STATES;
place the following statement as a full page advertisement in a newspaper of national U.S. circulation (The Wall Street Journal or USA Today): BETONSPORTS PLC, WHICH OWNS AND OPERATES THE LISTED INTERNET WEB SITES AND TELEPHONE BETTING SERVICES IS NO LONGER ACCEPTING WAGERS FROM PERSONS IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS A VIOLATION OF UNITED STATES LAW TO TRANSMIT SPORTS WAGERS OR BETTING INFORMATION USING INTERSTATE OR INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE LINES. IF YOU HAVE A WAGERING ACCOUNT WITH A BETONSPORTS PLC SPORTSBOOK OR TELEPHONE WAGERING SERVICE, PLEASE CALL [TOLL FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER] TO ARRANGE A REFUND.
To read the full order of permanent injunction, click here.
To read a list of the web sites operated by BetonSports, click here.
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