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Louisiana police have warned all online gambling companies to stop accepting bets in the state or risk having their executives and directors arrested if they visit the US, the Financial Times reported, citing an interview with Captain Joe Lentini, head of the casino section of Louisiana's Police Gaming Enforcement division. The FT quotes Lentini, the police official responsible for the arrest of Peter Dicks, ex-chairman of Sportingbet PLC, on a Louisiana warrant in New York three weeks ago, as saying the state is pressing ahead with its clampdown, in spite of what appears to be a rethink about the case in other jurisdictions. Lentini said the state has issued four arrest warrants for individuals associated with Sportingbet, including Dicks. He would not name the other three but told the FT it 'was reasonable to assume they were executives or directors'. The FT says Lentini indicated that other online gambling companies were also under investigation and their executives and directors at risk of arrest. The report says it's understood that Louisiana has sealed warrants against more than 50 people working or connected to at least a dozen online gambling or related companies.