Paranoia is running deep amongst those in the online gaming industry. Gambling 911 is reporting this piece today...

The latest rumor going around Bookie Central is that some four dozen FBI agents have descended upon the Central American hamlet and plan on rounding up about two dozen rogue bookmakers (two agents for every rogue). Costa Rica will cooperate, according to these rumors, because of a $200 million US loan that has been forgiven.

"(The) story goes that (the) plane was half full on way here (to Costa Rica) and they have booked full plane for ride home (back to the US)".

The Costa Rican bookies will believe anything they hear because they are so on edge these days. Having a bunch of FBI agents globetrotting around the world hunting online bookmakers might not sit too well with an American public still wondering why Bin Ladin is yet to be captured. But Costa Rican bookies believe they are sitting ducks.... literally.

One freaked out bookie relayed to Gambling911.com:

"At the Marriott there was this guy with a book on 'Bird Watching' and he had a pair of binoculars. The funny thing was, there were no birds around and he kept directing the binoculars towards me when it appeared I was sleeping."