Leader of illegal sportsbook operation jailed in New York

Gaming Intelligence – A New York art gallery owner has been sentenced to one year in prison and ordered to forfeit more than $6.4m in connection with his leadership role in the operation of a high stakes illegal online sports gambling business. Two other men were also sentenced yesterday to five years in prison for participating in a racketeering conspiracy related to the same case. Preet Bharara, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said that Hillel Nahmad was sentenced yesterday by District Judge Jesse Furman in Manhattan federal court to one year and one day in…