Speculation was running rampant late Saturday that the founder of theRx.com and later,
www.eog.com, had been killed (mysteriously). Nobody has been able to confirm the fate of Kenneth Weitzner, a former psychiatrist turned sports betting portal owner, however. Much of the industry was discussing this bizarre story Saturday night. Weitzner ran one of the first successful sports betting portals and once referred to himself as an industry "watchdog" even though he often withheld information from readers regarding failing sportsbooks he had been trying to get his own money out of.
Stories began surfacing that both Weitzner and his wife were killed in a car accident. Others suggested their home had exploded. Another story claimed a car he had been driving was blown up. Most of the major posting forums related to sports betting were reporting on the story without any hard core facts.
Through an exhaustive investigation Saturday night, Gambling911.com was unable to confirm any of the rumors.
"He had a $500,000 bet on an NCAA game and lost (at Matchbook, one of his sponsors) on Monday night," claimed one of our most reliable sources, who suggested he killed himself. That wouldn't explain how his wife would have died, however.
"If Weitzner and his wife had died as depicted by these rumors we would know all the vivid details by now," said one source close to Gambling911.com.
What is known is that this past week the Queens District Attorney's office indicted an individual associated with Jazz Sportsbook out of Costa Rica. Jazz had a financial interest in EOG.com. Almost immediately, Gambling911.com began receiving comments that "Weitzner was an informant for the US Government". It should be noted that there is no confirmation that this is the case either.
Just a few weeks ago, Gambling911.com received an inquiry from Jazz Sports asking us to participate in a "link exchange with their (Jazz Sportsbook) website EOG.com".
From MajorWager.com, one poster had this to say:
"This all seems really fishy. He makes an announcement that he's going on vacation and now he's dead? I'm sorry if this is in poor taste, but he even went out of his way to say in that last post ‘I'm not and agent, runner or bookie.' With all the busts going down lately, this all seems way too convenient."
Weitzner, who resides in Chesapeake, Virginia, has not been the subject of any news reports out of that region as of Saturday night. No reports of a house being blown up or car accident killing both he and his wife.
Weitzner's site was once taken offline after he violated a court order. A slander case had been filed against the former psychiatrist by the owner of an offshore sports betting company, English Sports Betting and its owner Dennis Atiyeh.
Gambling911.com severed all communications with the Weitzner family in 2004.
Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com
