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Ventura New Pitchman for Online Gambling Site
Ex-Gov. Jesse Ventura is the new pitchman for a foreign-based
Internet gambling site that takes bets on everything from football games
to trial verdicts. BetUS.com tapped Ventura to promote the site, which also offers
casino games and poker.
Ventura, who left office in 2003 after a single term, will appear in
radio and print ads that were to debut on Wednesday. In one, Ventura says: "As governor, Jesse Ventura told it like it is,
and now I'm telling you that BetUs.com is the only place to bet.''
While in office, Ventura was cool to proposals to expand casino
gambling in Minnesota, but he backed legislation that would have
legalized sports betting.
"I feel strongly that people should be able to choose how they spend
their entertainment dollars,'' Ventura said in a press release issued by
the company. "It's none of the government's business.''
The site is licensed in Canada and Costa Rica. Last year, it took
more than $500 million in wagers, said Mike Foreman, the company's chief
marketing officer. Federal law prohibits Internet gambling sites from originating in the
United States, and Congress has refused to let U.S. casinos offer
gambling online. But offshore sites are big business, generating
billions of dollars in revenue
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