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North Carolina has banned video poker for 12 years, but now fish game tables are the new trend. According to arcade operators, they’re following state law because the money a person can win is based on skill not luck. Officials say otherwise. Authorities on Thursday raided a Randolph County arcade following a state investigation […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →DETROIT, Mich. – An Ingham County Circuit Court jury on Sept. 21 convicted a 46-year-old Muskegon man of conducting an unlicensed and illegal gambling operation in Muskegon two years ago. The felony charge was filed in 2016 following a joint investigation by the Michigan Attorney General’s Office, Muskegon County Sheriff’s Department and Michigan Gaming Control […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →SPRING HILL FLORIDA – It’s game over for the owners of an internet café engaged in illegal gambling, according to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators say the business was giving out cash payments to customers for their winnings. Illegal gambling is a problem that officials say is becoming more common.
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Leave a Comment (0) →LANSING – Five women face felony charges in connection with an alleged illegal gambling operation that ran under a false storefront in South Lansing. One of the women — Li Hua Deng — owned and managed the casino, according to court testimony from Special Agent James May, an investigator for Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette’s […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →MUSKEGON, Mich. (WOOD) — A business owner faces up to a decade in prison for setting up an illegal gambling operation at his Muskegon internet café. An Ingham County jury last week found 49-year-old James Scott Postema guilty of conducting an unlicensed and illegal gambling operation at Triple Cherries Internet Café LLC, located at 1930 Apple […]
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Leave a Comment (0) → TAVARES, Fla. – Tavares police raided an internet gambling café Monday afternoon, seizing cash and computers. Police served a warrant at “Dreamers” along South Duncan Drive in the Dora Canal Plaza off State Road 19. Police said they’re tired of these businesses opening up in Tavares, since this is the second one that has been […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →ELYRIA — Several individuals were indicted on charges in connection with last month’s raids of internet cafes throughout Lorain County. 10 secret indictments in connection to the raids were unsealed, according to court documents. Audrey Cole, 45, of Stow; Roscoe Blankenship, 46, of Clinton; Edward Simon, 46, of Canton; Edward Brown, 54, of Barberton; James […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →FAYETTEVILLE, NC The alleged mastermind of an illegal gambling enterprise denies any involvement even as he prepares to begin serving an 18-month sentence in federal prison. In an interview earlier this week, Kiet Vo, 50, of Fayetteville, denied involvement in the four large-scale underground video-gambling establishments that were shut down in 2015 after a 16-month […]
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BOARDMAN, OH — Four people were arrested Thursday as part of an investigation into illegal gambling at two township businesses, according to a township police report and information provided by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s office.
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