Police Raid Four Businesses For Conducting Private Poker

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Four businesses were raided by police this week for being "suspected gaming houses". A total of 50 people have been arrested during the raids. The locations are businesses not private residences. One in Pickering, Ontario and the other three in Toronto. Nine people are being charged with keeping a common gaming house. 36 adults and two juveniles are being charged with being found in common gaming houses.

The July 18th series of raids resulted in charges against nine people for keeping a common gaming house. 38 others – 36 adults and two juveniles – were charged with being found in a common gaming house. The raid, coordinated jointly by the "Organized Crime Section Illegal Gambling Unit" of the Toronto Police Service, Ontario Provincial Police, and the Durham Regional Police Force, also netted $12,000 in cash from the players, along with tables, chips, chairs and other equipment valued at $23,000.

Haley Hintze

Toronto police say they are only just beginning to touch on the illegal poker houses. They say these common gaming houses generate millions for the operaters.

Police Raid Four Businesses For Conducting Private Poker