A man who managed Segal’s Lucky Lady Sports Book in San Diego for three years and his son have pleaded guilty to violating federal law by running illegal sports betting. They are among 14 charged in the case.
Sanders Segal, 66 and his son, Sydney Segal, 34 allegedly told employees to place illegal sports bets on offshore betting sites in the UK, Hong Kong and Costa Rica, among other locations, for the card room’s customers.
In their plea bargain, both admitted that they comingled the money from the illegal wagers with the cardroom’s profits, according to the U.S. Attorney for San Diego. They are alleged to have made about $1 million. The son admitted keeping an off the books record of the transactions.
The two Segals agreed to forfeit about $222,000 for the father and $10,000 for the son.
The owner of the card room, Stanley Samuel Penn, has also been indicted. He has chosen to plead innocent and with another fellow defendant, David Greg Leppo, will go to trial in October.
San Diego police have been investigating this operation on and off since 2008, combining wiretaps, undercover work, informants and surveillance.
The card room is the last remaining one operating in San Diego and Penn is fighting to keep it from being closed even though the city has denied him a renewal to remain open.
