Gambling connections were eventually linked to eight members of the team, including outfielder Shoeless Joe Jackson.
Spend the rest of that meal discussing the Han Dynasty, or developments in Macao, or the profound Chinese fascination with gambling, and a connection will be made that generates friendship and an enduring interest in meeting again to pursue common goals.
After the raids were announced Friday, Jean-Michel Louboutin, Interpol's executive director of police services, said in a statement that illegal soccer gambling showed "clear connections to organized crime gangs" and to "corruption, money laundering and prostitution".
Though that headline may read like it was ripped from the script of a premium cable drama about the entertainment industry's seedy underbelly, Bryan Zuriff, an executive producer on Showtime's Hollywood fixer drama "Ray Donovan," really did plead guilty to running an illegal gambling ring with connections to the Russian mob.
Whether or not Vick pleads guilty, his suspected connection to gambling could jeopardize his football career.
And the scary thing but also the best thing, if you succeed — and here's the connection between gambling and art, I guess — is the risk of failure".
From Li'l Abner to Don Ho Slot floor managers grouse about licensed machines' cost, just as they complain about games with themes that have no apparent connection to gambling.
Reacting to criticism from followers who did not approve of his involvement in horse racing because of its connection with gambling, the Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson has decided to disband his racing operation.
Atlanta city politics suffered from a notorious reputation for corruption during the 1990s administration of Bill Campbell, who was convicted by a federal jury in 2006 on three counts of tax evasion in connection with gambling income he received while Mayor during trips he took with city contractors.
Lois Riess, the 56-year-old gambling grandmother wanted in connection with the murder of her husband and doppelgänger, was said to be "cool as a cucumber" Thursday night when US Marshals finally caught up with her in Texas, the Washington Post reports.
