Postal Supervisor Ran Multi-Million Dollar Gambling Ring

James “Harlem” Washington was helping deliver more than the U.S. mail.
Washington, a supervisor for the U.S. Postal Service, was convicted Thursday in federal court in New York of running a “Lotto” type numbers gambling operation at the Postal Service and other government facilities that collected about $10 million in wagers, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
Authorities charged that from 2005 to 2009 Washington and others at the Postal service and other local and state government agencies ran a “Lotto”-type gambling business, which relied on numbers selected from the New York State Lotto drawing.
The gambling operation paid out $100,000 or more per month in prizes, authorities said. Thousands of players each month paid a $20 entry fee and picked six numbers, just like the Lotto.
A number of others have already pleaded guilty in the case.

Posted: 10/22/10 at 8:45 AM under News Story.
Tags: Gambling, harlem, james washington, lotto, New York, numbers, u.s. postal service
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