BRIEFLY THREE CHARGED WITH WAGER FIXING.Byline: - Daily News Staff and Wire Services Three former Drexel fraternity brothers were formally charged Tuesday with tampering with a computerized wagering system to produce a $3 million payout for themselves at the Breeders' Cup The Breeders' Cup World Championships is an annual series of Grade I thoroughbred horse races operated by Breeders' Cup Limited, a company formed in 1982 by a consortium of North American racing organizations, led by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. horse races Flat races Argentina
Derrick Davis of Baltimore, Glen DaSilva of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Chris Harn of Newark, Del., each 29, surrendered to the FBI and were charged in federal court with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The defendants ``bet that law enforcement would not catch them, but that's a bet they could not fix,'' U.S. Attorney James Comey said. Prosecutors say Davis placed a bet via telephone on the Breeders' Cup races, and Harn used his job as a programmer at a computer-wagering company, Autotote, to alter the bet after some of the races were over. By the end of the day, Davis had won the pick six for a $3 million payout. The three surrendered to the FBI and were released on $200,000 personal bond, though Davis and DaSilva tested positive for cocaine and were ordered to undergo random drug testing, the U.S. attorney's office said. --Hollywood Park's plan to cut off betting about two minutes before the start of each race has put on hold by state officials. Although the racetrack hoped the rule change would get California Horse Racing horse racing, trials of speed involving two or more horses. It includes races among harnessed horses with one of two particular gaits, among saddled Thoroughbreds (or, less frequently, quarterhorses) on a flat track, or among saddled horses over a turf course with Board approval in time to take effect Thursday, the issue won't be addressed until the CHRB's next monthly meeting Nov. 21 in El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and , a board spokesman said. TENNIS: Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario ended a 17-year professional career by announcing her retirement at age 30. Sanchez-Vicario turned pro in 1985 and won 29 singles titles. Among her victories were French Open championships in 1989, 1994 and 1998 and a U.S. Open The term U.S. Open is applied to "open" United States national championships in a particular sport, in which anybody, amateur or professional, American or non-American may compete. These include:
HOCKEY: The family of the 16-year-old boy suing the New Brunswick Amateur Hockey Association for $300,000 over not winning the MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. award has been suspended from the league. ``He is suing because his rights have been infringed by this association and because of that, they kick (him) out? That's not right,'' said Euclid LeBouthillier, the lawyer for Michael Croteau and his son, Steven |
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