United States v. Ray Palmer, United States of America. v. Ray Palmer and Maurice Robert Hettich

The Defendants Appellants, Palmer and Hettich, and others not involved here, were charged with violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1955, which prohibits the operation of an illegal gambling business. To constitute an offense under this Section, the gambling business must violate a relevant state or local law, have five or more persons involved in its conduct and be in substantial, continuous operation for more than thirty days or have a gross revenue of $2,000 or more in one single day. Section 1955(c) further provides that for the purpose of securing warrants “probable cause that the business receives…