HAPPY NEW YEAR from Illinois!!!

Ditto! We miss your input on this forum, Europa!  

HAPPY NEW YEAR   

my bff  fubah and me r flying into harry reid  jan 19 for  the entire weekend of the nfl divisional playoffs    some gaming some betting some drinking  some sightseeing   if any one is going to b in town then let us know if u like   (sorry, forum trolls need not apply but all others welcome! )   we r meeting up with a couple old buddies we knew from the guard like 44 yrs and several pounds ago ! lol     the 4 of us r all senior citizens now  if that matters      we reserved rooms at a discount at the bellagio for us  but  u r on your own      fubah has the details      contact via pm only ,  not here on the forum

whether u join or not   gl with your football bets that weekend 

@KellyM_1964

 Hey sounds good, I will be in Vegas as well to visit  my cousin at the DH. I was in the Marines back in the late 70's...many friends in the Guard. PM me and let me know the details on  where you are going to be., il take a ride up. Will be nice to see you face to face

Epic news in the New Year!

Hundreds of pages of unsealed documents from a lawsuit connected to accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein were publicly released on Wednesday. This is the first set of documents to be unsealed under a December 18 court order, with more expected in the coming weeks.

 - CNN 

The documents in total, including material yet to be unsealed, are expected to include nearly 200 names, including some of Epstein’s accusers, prominent businesspeople, politicians and potentially more.

Attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell said in a statement on Wednesday: “She has consistently and vehemently maintained her innocence.”

Much of the information in them has already been released through media reports and other court proceedings.

This is the first time these documents, filed with a court, have been released through the legal system.

Jeffrey Epstein documents unsealed, naming Prince Andrew and former President Clinton 

Transcripts include references to several prominent names, as has been previously reported, including Andrew as well as Bill Clinton, the former US president.
The documents contain excerpts of depositions taken of Maxwell and Virginia Roberts Giuffre.

There is also a deposition from Johanna Sjoberg, who in the document described Prince Andrew touching her breast in a joking manner while taking photos.

Sjoberg’s story has been public, but this is the first time her deposition has been unsealed.

Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre previously reached an out-of-court settlement in her sexual abuse lawsuit against him, according to a court document filed by her attorneys Tuesday.

Andrew has denied the allegations against him.

- CNN

Sjoberg recalled in her 2016 deposition that Epstein spoke to her about Bill Clinton.

“He said one time that Clinton likes them young, referring to girls,” she said.  

When asked if Clinton was a friend of Epstein’s, she said she understood Epstein had “dealings” with Clinton.

A spokesman for Clinton confirmed in 2019 that the former president had flown on Epstein’s private plane but said Clinton knew nothing of the financier’s “terrible crimes.”

Trump too??

In her deposition, Johanna Sjoberg also recalled a time she was with Epstein on one of his planes and pilots informed them they needed to land in Atlantic City. Epstein then suggested they contact Donald Trump.

“Jeffrey said, Great, we’ll call up Trump and we’ll go to – I don’t recall the name of the casino, but – we’ll go to the casino,” Sjoberg said.

CNN has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.

Giuffre alleged in her deposition that Maxwell directed her to have sexual contact with people including former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, Prince Andrew, tech guru Marvin Minsky, well-known French modeling scout Jean-Luc Brunel and American investor Glenn Dubin.

The deposition still has three unnamed people that were not revealed Wednesday.

Giuffre alleges Maxwell directed her to have sexual relations with an “unnamed prince,” the “owner of a large hotel chain” and a completely redacted out name.

Many of the alleged victims and associates have given public interviews and have already been identified in the media. Inclusion in the newly unredacted documents is not an indication of wrongdoing or lawbreaking.

Epstein was indicted in 2019 on federal charges of operating a sex trafficking ring in which he allegedly sexually abused dozens of underage girls.

Epstein died by suicide in jail while awaiting trial.

Prosecutors in New York indicted Maxwell on sex trafficking charges involving multiple victims.

She was convicted in 2021.

Contributing: CNN’s Curt Devine, Allison Morrow, Steve Almasy, Riley Gutiérrez McDermid and Jeff Winter.

This story has been updated with additional developments.

@Zeus4par

 Who cares

Hey Foops, see you're on the burner now.... 

The "unnamed prince" is Prince Andrew of course.  The hotel magnate is Thomas Pritzker, of the Hyatt family of hotels.  

ok so there should be 6 of us now    2 guys from the mains said they will join us   nobody from here  but its not too late if u want to meetup sometime saturday, gamble and have some fun in lost wages with our group    contact fubah for all the details via pm only          

got a flight to catch        later     GO RAVENS !

The S&P 500 index closed Friday at a record high, fueled by surging tech stocks and bets that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year.

The benchmark index closed at 4,839.81, besting its previous high of 4,796.56, reached on January 3, 2022!  

- CNN

@Zeus4par

 The investments rise continued as it set a new benchmark again on Monday!