FARGO (AP) - Convicted businesswoman Susan Bala has reported to prison to serve her sentence for running an illegal gambling site, her attorney says.

Bala, the president and founder of simulcast service provider Racing Services Inc., was sentenced to 27 months in prison in July, after a jury found her guilty of running an unlicensed betting site in south Fargo.

Prosecutors said the site took in more than $99 million in bets from October 2002 to April 2003.

Bala was ordered to report to a minimum security facility in Pekin, Ill., by 2 p.m. Friday.

She is continuing her appeal, said her lawyer, Mark Beauchene.

U.S. District Court Judge Ralph Erickson last week denied Bala's motion for a new trial.

Former Racing Services chief financial officer Gary Storm, of Forest Lake, Minn., was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment for his role in the illegal betting operation. He agreed to plead guilty to one felony count of conducting an illegal gambling business.

Court documents show Storm entered into a cooperation agreement with the government on Dec. 10, 2003. A grand jury indictment against Bala, Racing Services itself, former RSI Vice President Raymundo Diaz Jr. and his company, Global Contact Inc., was made public a week later.

Diaz pleaded guilty to three felony charges and testified against Bala, his former girlfriend, in exchange for a lighter sentence. He was sentenced to 90 days at a Fargo halfway house, 60 days of electronic home monitoring, two years of probation and 100 hours of community service.