[cferneyh]

If not, then who cares if the act of making the wager is legal?

I'm not exactly sure what you are trying to say here.

No one should care because placing a wager is not illegal. So again, what the story here is:

(a) Tocchet is a moron
(b) Janet Gretzky did nothing wrong
© Wayne Gretzky tried to keep Janet's name out of the media knowing it would become what it became

End of story.

Someone on the Fan in Calgary made a great point yesterday - pretty convenient of them to label the investigation "Operation Slap Shot" rather than "Operation Crooked Cop". Seems to me whoever is behind this whole thing is trying way too hard to get their name in the news.