Italian authorities rumble another illegal online betting and poker operation

Italian authorities have broken up another illegal online betting and poker ring, the second operation of its kind this year.

On Thursday, Italian media sources reported that police had rumbled a Salerno-based criminal organization that operated at least 11 illegal gambling sites from servers based outside the country. The operation is said to be linked to the Naples-based Camorra crime organization.

According to the local Guardia di Finanza, the poker site operators reportedly employed a variety of rigging tools – including bots – to ensure customers’ chances of winning big pots were kept to the bare minimum.

The list of online sites involved in Thursday’s action includes dgbpoker.com, pkgambling373.com, pkwildpoker.net, betfaktor.com, planetwin365.com and betaland.com, along with five derivatives of the Malta-licensed Betaland brand (new1betaland.com, new2, etc.).