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Sportsbook.com is a privately held online gaming firm, featuring sports betting, online poker, casino games and horse race betting that caters to the US market.

Prior to the passage of the Safe Port Act, Sportsbook.com was owned by Sportingbet. After passage of the Safe Port Act, Sportingbet sold all its US-facing sportsbooks to a privately owned company, Jazette Enterprises Limited, for the sum of $1.^[1] The company is now known as Jassy Sports Events Limited and headquarted in Malta.^[2]

Legal difficulties

On October 16, 2001, the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey initiated civil actions against several online gambling web sites, including Sportsbook.com.[5] The Director of Gaming Enforcement was quoted as saying "The citizens of New Jersey need to be aware that these sports betting operations are not regulated and they are illegal. Regardless of their occasional claims of 'licensing' and 'legality,' they answer to no one and are therefore not held to the same scrutiny as our Atlantic City casinos."^[3] The case never went to court.^[4]

Legal difficulties

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