A former national compliance director for Georgia-based skill games manufacturer Pace-O-Matic is facing racketeering charges for operating “an illegal scam to obtain large sums of money that were derived from … illegal gambling activities,” according to Pennsylvania prosecutors. Rick Goodling demonstrates Pace-O-Matic machines during a 2020 segment for local Fox affiliate WJAC-TV News. (Image: WJAC-TV) Rick Goodling, a former Pennsylvania State Police corporal who headed the gambling unit for 15 years, is alleged to have abused his position at Pace-O-Matic to obtain more than $500,000 in bribes, The Pennsylvania Capital Star reports. That was in return for suppressing complaints about illegal slot machines, as well as supplying Pace-O-Matic games to distributors and operators who had violated the company’s regulations. Undercover Operation One such distributor, Deibler Brothers Novelty Co., also charged, had been banned by Pace-O-Matic for offering its machines alongside illegal slots, according to the complaint. Goodling enabled other Pace-O-Matic clients to provide Deibler Brothers with the company’s games, prosecutors… Read More
Category: Crime & Scandals, Pace-O-Matic, racketeering, Rick Goodling, Ricky Goodling
Source: Casino.org
