Criminal complaint

[mholbert]

Here is the criminal complaint in the case.  The link will probably change after today, but it can still be found at www.thesmokinggun.com:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/doc_o_day/doc_o_day.shtml

[Mall]

Were part of the conspiracy, according what might be boilerplate in paragraph 1. And how about Davis testing positive for cocaine when he shows up for court? Maybe he did press the wrong telephone buttons after all. As more details emerge, Autotote\'s \"security system\" looks worse and worse. Apparently you don\'t even have to be scheduled to work to show up and fix bets at Autotote. And it\'s got to be very tough for those in the industry who have given so much & who had nothing to do with Autotote\'s failures to listen to a verbal tongue lashing re the need to tighten security from the top United States Attorney in the Country. Weil and Autotote have done so many good people so much harm that the only fair way to deal with this is to tell them goodbye.

PS Chris: Enjoyed the sites & actually thought the stewards piece was the funniest, & now I know what \"bupke\" means. Mark: Just a guess, but I suspect that the reason you quit is somehow related to your results at the windows.

[derby1592]

\"The only thing that we know for sure is that Autotote has the world\'s worst computer security,\" Hayes said. \"And they have had the world\'s worst computer security for 20 years.\"

The question is who should be on trial? I think a good defense for Harn and company might be \"entrapment.\" Autotote was almost begging somebody to do what these guys did.

I think the Autotote lawyers better look up the legal term \"due diligence.\" I am sure that Mall would be willing to help them in that regard...

Chris

[ExPlayer]

  I have maintanied since day 1 that Autotote should be held criminally liable for the incompetant manner in which they have conducted thier business.

  It\'s as if a banker left open the safe at night, then claimed that the missing money was a shock to him  the next day.

[asfufh]

Wondering if there is any possibility for a valid class action suit against Autotote or others related to the fix six on behalf of any players who have bet any multiple race bets?

[MO]

To Mall,

You\'re close.

My biggest score was in 1992, documented in \"Beyer on Speed\"

Played a $168 ticket with three singles, one wheel  and took the entire pool.

Hit the P6 six or seven more times in the same year.

Cynics and other morons will say dumb luck.
I know I am a damn good handicapper and observer, one of the best around. There are a few who are better, and a few who are better at money management, but my lifetime profit, (notwithstanding the cheating , scamming and incompetant and or crooked stewards and the discovery that Yes, the tote system can be rigged) remains intact.

Have had many break even years since \'92, but I\'m not in this game to break even or win 2-10%.

The man who taught me how to handicap was a federal investigator specializing in  race fixing and the first thing he told me was \"Kid, better find another game. Where there is a will, there is a way.\" I finally woke up this summer when a post time payoff was around $60 and all I got back was $24, not to mention numerous \"impossible\" results that ruined several of my pick 6 plays.
The tote system fixing is not limited to multiple race wagers, friends. With inside info, any hacker can fix an exacta or trifecta, or cash a longshot winner.
As they say in poker, \"Read em and weep\".
MO

[JR]

You know, I think the guy really did enter the wrong bet. Remember the all/all/1/1/1/1 bet that he made? That was his mistake. He meant to enter 1/1/1/1/all/all.