Prosecutors in Schuylkill County, Pa., in 1998 withdrew 49 bookmaking and conspiracy charges against Pitsilides after he pleaded no contest to a conspiracy charge and agreed to pay about $500,000 in restitution, according to court documents from the county.Īuthorities at the time said the charges were in connection with a $25 million-a-year gambling operation, according to The Virginian-Pilot’s archives. This wasn’t Pitsilides’ first time in court on gambling charges.
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A jury trial is planned, but a plea agreement is still a possibility, according to the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office. Pitsilides’ co-defendant, Lisa Michelle Crain, 43, still faces two felony charges accusing her of waitressing at and helping organize Pitsilides’ games.
“And, like we did in this case, we’ll do everything we can to take the profit out of it.” “The message is it’s still being investigated, still being prosecuted,” Bryant said. Police and prosecutors will continue pursuing gambling cases when they discover them, Bryant said. They had hoped the Supreme Court would provide guidance, but a decision handed down this year in a Portsmouth poker case did not clarify the issue, he said. The plea agreement was the best outcome for the case, which would’ve turned into a “battle of experts” regarding whether poker is a legal game of skill or an illegal game of chance, Bryant said. E-Pilot Evening Edition Home Page Close Menu
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