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03-30-2006, 02:09 PM
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(Finally, a place to talk about legal issues related to poker. Who'da thunkit?)
Saw this on pokerlistings.com today:
Ohio poker den raided by police, 17 arrested
2:30 PM, Wednesday, March 29, 2006
by Lianne Elias
A Sabina, Ohio, poker den was targeted last weekend in an effort to shut down illegal Texas Hold'em games, it was revealed by a local NBC news network, NBC4i. Armed with a search warrant, a team of police officers arrested 17 men at the poker den, which authorities claim has been fronted by an auction house for the last year. Of the 17 arrested, only the organizer could be sentenced to jail. Poker is considered illegal in Ohio when the house takes a cut of the pot.
"We don't have a big problem with a card game, but we have a problem if somebody's making a profit off of it illegally," said Sabina Police Chief Gerald "Bud" Strickland.
Investigators have confirmed the each of the 17 men arrested paid $15 to play and that a cash box was found on the premises containing about $1,500.
Police obtained a search warrant after a member of the local force was invited to compete by a poker playing friend.  | | Sponsored Links |  |
03-30-2006, 02:30 PM
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$15 buyin and no security personal or measures in place, wow. Wonder how much rake/cut the guy was taking, maybe $5.
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03-30-2006, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by 4aces Police obtained a search warrant after a member of the local force was invited to compete by a poker playing friend. | Somebody just lost a friend.
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03-30-2006, 02:52 PM
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Chief Gerald "Bud" Strickland should be quite proud today.
What's the vig on a $15 game? Maybe $5 on the high end? So the house made a lousy $85 on the game and that's worth getting a search warrant and sending an armed team of officers to the place?
Bud needs to find bigger fish to chase. . .
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03-30-2006, 03:14 PM
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wow, our bar game gets more cash than that. |
03-30-2006, 04:15 PM
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Wow. Nice to know that Sabina, Ohio has gotten rid of the drug dealers, wife beaters, child abusers, meth labs, street gangs, illegal guns sales and other petty offenses so they can go after these bad boys.
I'll sleep safer tonight.
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03-30-2006, 04:30 PM
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17 arrested x $15 buyin = $1500?! They musta been raking for awhile...
Also, why were the other 16 arrested if only the organizer can be charged?!
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03-30-2006, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Wedge Rock 17 arrested x $15 buyin = $1500?! They musta been raking for awhile...
Also, why were the other 16 arrested if only the organizer can be charged?! | There may be another charge the players can catch that don't carry jail time. Like
" attempting to have a good time in the confines of a private domicle where no one gets hurt and their there on their own volition."
also know as ordiance NOF Section U Paragragh N.
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03-30-2006, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Wedge Rock 17 arrested x $15 buyin = $1500?! They musta been raking for awhile...
Also, why were the other 16 arrested if only the organizer can be charged?! | I think it means that each of the 17 people paid $15 each or $255 in total vig. Maybe they payed by the hour or session. I think the cash box had the player's money in it. Still for $255 bucks, doesn't seem like a good use of time. Heck that's the cost of one traffice ticket in L.A. It probably cost 10x for the manpower to raid the place! What a joke. |
03-30-2006, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by 4aces Police obtained a search warrant after a member of the local force was invited to compete by a poker playing friend. | I guess some folks are not as sharp as they could be. |
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