(ANSA) - Catania, May 4 - Police arrested 13 people on
Wednesday as part of a widespread operation to take down an
illegal online betting ring that did business totalling 10
million euros each month, ANSA sources said.
The police operation covered 19 Italian cities and probed
107 people.
Police seized 46 betting centres in the bust.
The betting ring was managed out of Catania by two criminal
organisations without State authorisation, and involved seven
websites hosted in Malta, investigators said.
Police bust 10 mn online betting ring
Operation in 19 cities brought 13 arrests, seizure of 46 betting