It is possible that at least one and maybe several of the players will plead guilty, arguing mitigating circumstances such as their ignorance of the rules on gambling.
For Friday's game, the Ibrox side are already without goalkeeper Steve Simonsen after he was found guilty of breaching SFA rules on gambling.
Last week he was also charged with allegedly placing 44 bets on football matches between July and September, in contravention of the Scottish Football Association's rules on gambling.
Partick Thistle midfielder Steven Lawless will miss two matches after being found guilty of breaching Scottish FA rules on gambling.
These rules, a condition of gambling firms' licences to operate, call on them to check the source of funds of customers placing large bets.
Also, she said, a gambling commission would serve as a vigilant overseer of gambling rules and laws.
Five players have been charged with breaching the Football Association's betting rules, with some accused of gambling thousands of pounds on their team to lose.
But Park Place said it did not plan to begin construction until sometime next year, after New York courts have ruled on the constitutionality of gambling.
Inside the dimly lit installation, people were winning and losing money (green American dollars), playing an elaborate game with inscrutable rules that combined the arts of gambling and divination.
If his detention was meant to expose Ghonim's rawest aspect, then his interrogators defeated themselves: what has been left most exposed, after twelve days, is a set of clear convictions about what he was doing and why, the meaning of the rule of law, and the gamble of civil disobedience.
