Ohio gaming agents seize more than 180 illegal slot machines, arrest 2 in Columbus raids
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Three Ohio businesses are officially out of luck after gaming authorities — with assistance from Columbus police — seized nearly 200 slot machines and arrested two people as part of an illicit gambling investigation, the Ohio Casino Control Commission reports.
Gaming agents with the OCCC launched a probe into the Winners Arcade!, located at 3439 E. Broad St.; Blackjack Skill Game at 4434 Crossroads Center, and at 777, located in a strip shopping center in the 4800 block of West Broad Street after receiving complaints of illegal gambling operations that were in violation of Ohio gambling laws, according to a news release from the commission.
Gaming agents and Columbus police then executed search warrants at the three locations and seized 184 suspected illegal slot machines and an “undetermined” amount of U.S. currency, the OCC said.
Agents also arrested two people, presumably for operating an illegal gambling operation, but the OCCC did not specifically say what charges they are facing.
The OCC said the investigation is ongoing.
To date, the OCCC reported it has executed search warrants on more than 160 businesses across Ohio and seized more than 7,386 illegal slot machines — more than all of the slot machines at Ohio’s four legal casinos combined.
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