Costa Rican Online Gambling Exec Mugged
Published: Thursday, January 24, 2008 Online-Casinos.com
COSTA RICAN ONLINE GAMBLING EXEC MUGGED
Ambushes and gunfights in sunny Costa Rica….
The online sportsbook information site Gambling 911 is reporting a mugging assault on an as yet unidentified online gambling executive in San Pedro, Costa Rica, The man is apparently detained in hospital, and details of his identity are being withheld pending communication with his next of kin.
According to 911, the victim is the owner of one of online gambling's largest enterprises. He was severely beaten and left for dead following an attempted robbery on Monday afternoon, when his Landrover was ambushed by three gun toting assailants, resulting in a gunfight with his bodyguards, an indication of the dangerous criminal nature of the Costa Rican environment.
The man is seriously ill in hospital.
911 recalls that in the past, Bodog's Calvin Ayre has been held up in broad daylight while with real estate agents shopping for new properties in Costa Rica. His bodyguard was shot in the shoulder. In another incident a partner in now defunct MVP Sportsbook, had his SUV shot up while in the upmarket Escazu area, and last spring, a 911 associate was beaten and robbed after entering a "pirate" cab. He suffered severe injuries to his leg and is due to undergo extensive surgery next month.
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