Bookies will avoid gambling charges - 2004-01-07
Even though Pete Rose named them as his bookies, the allegations are from a while ago that gambling charges probably can't be brought against Tommy Gioiosa, Paul Janszen or Ron Peters.
In Ohio, the statute of limitations on misdemeanor gambling crimes varies from six months to two years. For felony gambling convictions, that limit is six years. All of the bets Rose now admits he placed on baseball as Reds manager happened in the 1980s.
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