Derrick Maloney and Lock Poker intrigue?

Ed Drake
December 17, 2011
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Jennifer Larson and Bryce Geoffrey in the Lock Poker Boardroom

We heard it on good authority that the US department of Justice is on the prowl. The US department of Justice out of Baltimore is preparing to make a move against some US facing gambling company to coincide with the 2012 Super Bowl.

We’re hearing that the US Attorney General’s office in Maryland is pissed at the boys in New York for stealing their thunder. Black Friday trumped Blue Monday and now Assistant US Attorney Richard Kay is digging for anything to steal some of the shine back from the New York office.

We’re hearing rumours that the Maryland office is looking to speak with former junior Lock Poker Media Buyer Derrick Maloney. It’s surprising that they would be looking for evidence from Derrick Maloney as he’s a Canadian and he doesn’t carry much influence in the gambling industry.

Derrick Maloney is not the type of person you would expect the DOJ to be after as it’s hard to believe that any Canadian would volunteer to help the DOJ as this would be the kiss of death for future employment in the industry. We’re not sure if Derrick Maloney is really who the DOJ wants to talk to or if they are using him to get to someone else.

Maloney is a great guy and well liked in the industry so the DOJ may be counting on him being friends to all in the gambling industry for information.

Also confusing is why the DoJ would be targeting a micro site like, US facing, Lock Poker. Lock is something like the mouse that roars though. US facing Lock, run by Canadian ex-roommates Jennifer Larson and Canadian lawyer Bryce Geoffrey  is well known for releasing a lot of media, most of it considered ridiculous by knowledgeable industry observers but the noise factor is there.

Also their small advertising budget is used to get them prominent placement on a few sites that its well know to be regularly monitored by the US government to track US facing online gaming. The most recent example of this is the Covers.com/BetED player deposit theft scandal, where micro-site BetED (beneficially owned by Covers but not disclosed to covers.com site traffic) was targeted by the DoJ. Covers had their micro-site BetED ranked as the number one site in the US for two years running before the hammer dropped. This case is still winding its way through the US legal system and we have more coverage planned as it develops. Our biggest issue with this case is that we believe the owners of Covers have all the BetED player balances and are pretending the US government grabbed the cash.

This story is still developing and we’ll give you more details as we have them but our sources are strong.

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