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While the online gambling community continued to speculate on the cause of "death" of an industry portal owner, the nephew of the supposedly slain man has told close family friends outside the industry that Kenneth Weitzner and his wife were "killed in a car accident".
Reports began surfacing late Saturday that the founder of TheRx.com and EOG.com, both sports betting forum sites, was dead. Everything from a murder/suicide to a home explosion was claimed. However, news reporters from Weitzner's home town of Chesapeake, Virginia were unaware of any murder, suicide or even a fatal car accident for that matter, neither were the local authorities.
Eulogies were being posted on various industry websites without any confirmation of the "death".
One website featured this long flowery poem:
"You are the elegance found after a first snow
That small, beautiful, blinding glow"
At the end, a link to "SLOT MACHINE FORUM".
The EOG.com website also featured a statement without any further details:
"As the first light of dawn creeps over the horizon sadness looms over Eye on Gambling and its posting body. EOG's founder Kenneth Weitzner aka "The Shrink" and his beloved wife Jackie aka "Scarlett" passed away on Saturday April 10, 2010."
The sister of Weitzer's wife, Jackie, issued this statement Sunday:
"Always remember the people that love you and never take anything or anyone for granted, you never know when it can be takin from you. Life is precious. Thank you everyone for your love I appreciate it so much more than yall will ever know, it's been a rough day."
"He (Weitzner) owed a ton of money to a number of offshore sportsbooks," claimed one Gambling911.com source.
Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com
