![]() This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times. There is no evidence in the plea agreement that Puig, who played for the Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians in 2019 and now plays in South Korea, bet on baseball. In the second half of 2019, the government alleges, Puig made “899 bets on tennis, football, and basketball games” through an offshore website. The government alleges Puig lied when he said he had never discussed betting with the unnamed agent, described in the plea deal only as “a former collegiate baseball player and private baseball coach.” In fact, the government alleged, Puig had lost $282,900 on sports bets placed with that agent in the first half of 2019. Los Angeles Dodgers activated RF Yasiel Puig from the 15-day disabled list. Puig, who has a third-grade education, had untreated mental-health issues, and did not have his own interpreter or criminal legal counsel with him.” Los Angeles Dodgers placed RF Yasiel Puig on the 15-day disabled list. Of the Zoom interview in which Puig is alleged to have lied to investigators, Axel said: “Mr. ![]() This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. Axel did not say in the statement what that new evidence might be, and she told The Times through a spokesman: "We are prepared to publicly share that information in the appropriate forum and at the appropriate time." ![]() Puig’s attorney, Keri Axel, said in a statement that “significant new evidence” prompted the change in plea. Without the agreement, Puig could face trial and a maximum sentence of five years in prison. Under the plea agreement, Puig would have been eligible for probation and had agreed to pay a fine of at least $55,000. “I never should have agreed to plead guilty to a crime I did not commit.” “I want to clear my name,” Puig said in a statement. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)įormer Dodgers star Yasiel Puig has withdrawn from an agreement to plead guilty to a charge of lying to federal investigators in a sports betting probe and has decided to plead not guilty, his representatives said Wednesday. The outfielder played for the Cincinnati Reds and the then-Cleveland Indians during the 2019 season and joined the Kiwoom Heroes of South Korea's KBO League this year.2018 photo of then Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig during a game against the Milwaukee Brewers. He was named to the All-Star team in 2014. Puig defected from Cuba in 2012 and signed a seven-year, $42 million contract with the Dodgers. Puig, 32, faces two federal counts of making. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for March 8. Former Major League Baseball and Los Angeles Dodgers star Yasiel Puig faces new charges in connection with an alleged sports gambling operation. In April, Nix pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to operate an illegal sports gambling business and one count of filing a false tax return. In January 2022, federal investigators interviewed Puig in the presence of his lawyer and despite being warned that lying to federal agents is a crime, "Puig lied several times" about his relationship with the third party and the $200,000 payment. District Court on Tuesday.Īccording to his plea agreement, Puig began placing bets on sporting events though a third party who worked on behalf of an illegal gambling business run by former minor league player Wayne Joseph Nix.Īfter Puig paid off $200,000 of his losses in 2019 and regained access to Nix-controlled betting websites, he placed 899 additional bets on tennis, football and basketball games from July to September 2019. ![]() Puig also agreed to make his initial appearance at U.S. ![]() Attorney for the Central District of California said in a news release. Puig, 31, who now plays professionally in South Korea, has agreed to pay a fine of at least $55,000, the U.S. LOS ANGELES, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Former Los Angeles Dodgers All-Star Yasiel Puig has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of lying to law enforcement officials about sports bets the slugger placed with an illegal gambling operation, the Department of Justice said on Monday. ![]()
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Broadband accounts for just 40% of that figure (137 million), as of December 2015, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), with the number of people using significant data even lower. Latest numbers show that in India there are 148 million monthly active people (MAP), 140 million mobile MAP, 73 million daily active people (DAP) and 68 million mobile DAP.īut in India, only 332 million, or a quarter of the population, have Internet access. Look at this through the lens of Facebook and it becomes clear why India is so important in its scheme of things: Facebook’s business is booming in the US and rest of the world (excluding India). Facebook ended 2015 with a net ad revenue of $17.1 billion, of which 19.4% came from mobile advertising. ![]() ![]() This growth could well come at the expense of companies such as Google which have been dominating the online advertising space for the past 15 years. The company has a 45.7% share of US mobile advertising now.įacebook is estimated to expand its share of the US mobile advertising market over the next three years, reaching 20.3% by 2017 (from 19.2% now). Research firm eMarketer estimates that about half of Google’s 2015 net ad revenue of $67.39 billion came from mobile, and expects the proportion to reach 70% in 2017. According to Meeker, mobile advertising is growing massively, year-on-year, with a 66% increase in 2015 (over 2014). While search-based advertising has been the biggest money-spinner for Internet firms in the past two decades, the emphasis is gradually shifting to mobile. Together, Facebook and Google controlled 76% of Internet advertising growth in 2015. Meanwhile, Google’s ad revenue was up 18% over the same time period. The Meeker report says that between 20, Facebook’s ad revenue grew 59%, with much of this coming from mobile. Like it or not, Mark Zuckerberg has created an advertising juggernaut. With a market capitalization of $340 billion, the social networking company is fast catching up with Google.Īpproximately 82% of its advertising revenue of $5.2 billion in the first quarter of 2016 came from mobile advertising, up from 73% in the first quarter of 2015. What’s telling is that approximately 84.2% of Facebook’s daily active users are outside the US and Canada. With a market capitalization of $510 billion in May 2016, the Mountain View-based company is on top of the heap among global Internet firms-no mean feat, considering that its competitors are Apple Inc., Facebook and Inc.įacebook’s numbers are equally intimidating: 1.09 billion daily active users on average for March 2016, of which 989 million are mobile daily active users for the same period. 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It is a comprehensive account of present-day English that is chiefly focused on the standard varieties of American and British English, but it also refers frequently to non-standard varieties and it draws on the history of the language to illuminate and explain features of English of today. Preface This book is addressed primarily to native speakers of English and others who use English as their first language. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Data available ISBN 0-19-861250-8 10 9 8 7 Printed in Great Britain by TJ International Ltd. 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