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through March 23, 1992, he was engaged in illegal gambling and
bookmaking activities out of his home and in other locations within
the State of Maryland. He engaged in these bookmaking operations
with Mr. Neumyer and others. The bookmaking operations were
confined to sports betting, primarily on collegiate and
professional basketball and football.
Mr. Zaban's role in the operation was to obtain customers,
record bets, distribute winnings, and collect losses. Mr. Zaban
also placed bets on his own account several times a week and often
traveled to Las Vegas and Atlantic City to gamble and watch boxing
fights, trips of which Mrs. Zaban was aware. Mr. Zaban's share of
the bookmaking proceeds was 25 percent. The bookmaking operation
grossed more than $2,000 per day.2
Mr. Zaban maintained an office for conducting these bookmaking
and gambling activities in the basement of petitioners' home. Mr.
Zaban kept no regular work hours at home or in other places and
occasionally met with Mr. Neumyer at a local bar, at times when
Mrs. Zaban was present. At his desk in the basement, Mr. Zaban
kept betting records, bottom sheets, sports schedules, and a
telephone with two tape recorders that were hard-wired to
petitioners' two phone lines so that he could record conversations
2 In a closing agreement with the Internal Revenue
Service, Mr. Zaban conceded that the daily net profit from the
bookmaking operation was $5,800, and that he had a 50-percent
share or $2,900 per day.
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