BetOnSports has been thrust into the vortex of speculation about the future of online gaming in the U.S. after its chief executive was arrested in the VIP lounge of a Dallas airport on July 16 while waiting for a flight to Costa Rica.

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Fortunately, we flew with a Spanish charter airline based in Palma and our flight left for London on time, but hundreds of others were sleeping on the floor in the departure lounge, waiting for cancelled or delayed flights home.

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