{"id":5879,"date":"2026-10-13T02:55:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T07:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/13\/feds-tighten-pressure-in-major-gambling-case\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T02:55:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T07:55:43","slug":"feds-tighten-pressure-in-major-gambling-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/13\/feds-tighten-pressure-in-major-gambling-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Feds Tighten Pressure in Major Gambling Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> HAMMOND, IN \u2013 October 13, 2026 (STL.News) Federal prosecutors are intensifying their efforts to restrict the movements of two prominent defendants in a sweeping illegal gambling and extortion prosecution known as Operation Porterhouse Parlay, raising concerns about international travel, potential flight risks, and alleged connections extending from the Chicago area to Greece. The latest developments involve James \u201cJimmy the Greek\u201d Gerodemos, whom federal authorities accuse of helping lead an illegal gambling organization, and Filippo \u201cGigi\u201d Rovito, a Chicago-area restaurateur accused of participating in the collection of gambling debts through intimidation and threats. According to an NBC 5 Chicago investigation<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stl.news\/feds-tighten-pressure-in-major-gambling-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HAMMOND, IN \u2013 October 13, 2026 (STL.News) Federal prosecutors are intensifying their efforts to restrict the movements of two prominent defendants in a sweeping illegal gambling and extortion prosecution known as Operation Porterhouse Parlay, raising concerns about international travel, potential&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5879"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5881,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5879\/revisions\/5881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}