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Jun. 13, 2002
Police seek gambling ring taking bets on next suicide bombing
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Police are investigating reports that an illegal Israeli gambling ring is taking bets on where the next Palestinian suicide bomber will strike.
The Maariv daily and Israel Radio reported Thursday that the ring in the town of Kiryat Malachi is distributing betting sheets with the odds for various locations.
Betting on Eilat, a Red Sea resort that has not seen any violence during the past 21 months of Israeli-Palestinian fighting, is a long shot at 1:17, while oft-hit Jerusalem was given odds of 1:1.5, according to the sheet.
Bets begin at 10 shekels (dlrs 2), the betting sheet states, adding that bets only count for attacks of "Arabs against Jews and not the opposite."
Police have opened an investigation, said spokesman David Saadon.
Gambling is illegal in Israel, but games of chance are popular and illegal gaming parlors operate throughout the country. Israelis flocked to the Palestinian casino Oasis in the ancient West Bank city of Jericho until the current fighting forced the gambling hall to shut its doors.
More than 200 Israelis have been killed in more than 60 suicide bombings that have struck cafes, malls and buses. A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in an illegal casino in the city of Rishon Lezion on May 7, killing 15 Israelis.
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Police seek gambling ring taking bets on next suicide bombing
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Police are investigating reports that an illegal Israeli gambling ring is taking bets on where the next Palestinian suicide bomber will strike.
The Maariv daily and Israel Radio reported Thursday that the ring in the town of Kiryat Malachi is distributing betting sheets with the odds for various locations.
Betting on Eilat, a Red Sea resort that has not seen any violence during the past 21 months of Israeli-Palestinian fighting, is a long shot at 1:17, while oft-hit Jerusalem was given odds of 1:1.5, according to the sheet.
Bets begin at 10 shekels (dlrs 2), the betting sheet states, adding that bets only count for attacks of "Arabs against Jews and not the opposite."
Police have opened an investigation, said spokesman David Saadon.
Gambling is illegal in Israel, but games of chance are popular and illegal gaming parlors operate throughout the country. Israelis flocked to the Palestinian casino Oasis in the ancient West Bank city of Jericho until the current fighting forced the gambling hall to shut its doors.
More than 200 Israelis have been killed in more than 60 suicide bombings that have struck cafes, malls and buses. A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in an illegal casino in the city of Rishon Lezion on May 7, killing 15 Israelis.
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