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Ontario Judge Levies Record Canadian Gambling Fine13 November 2002CANADA -- As reported by the Globe and Mail: ``The Ontario Court of Justice has imposed the largest financial penalty for illegal gambling in Canadian history, levying fines and forfeitures totalling $300,000 against the kingpin of an interprovincial sports-betting syndicate. ``Dario Zanetti, a Montreal restaurateur, agreed to make the payment as part of a huge plea-bargain. ``He pleaded guilty to a single count of illegal bookmaking; charges against nine others were withdrawn. ``The court heard that $20-million changed hands through the betting ring in five months; operators netted between $1-million and $2-million in profits during that time. ``...A dozen portly men in dark bomber jackets glowered from the oak pews in a dusty Old City Hall courtroom as Mr. Barry presented Mr. Justice Paul Bentley with a brief overview of the plea-bargain. ``As the men left the courthouse after the hearing, two of them grabbed a newspaper photographer's camera and smashed it down the stone steps of the courthouse. Another flung a full cup of coffee into the lens of a TV camera..." |