Atlanta Bar Poker Room Raided, 18 Charged with Illegal Gambling

Police on Sept. 11 raided a bar near Atlanta at around 5:00 a.m. on suspicion of illegal gambling stemming from a poker game operated by a nonprofit organization played inside the business.

According to the local Fox 5 news channel, authorities issued a search warrant for Royal Flush Bar & Grill in Duluth, Georgia, and arrested 13 customers and five employees from the partner nonprofit organization. During the raid, investigators from the Gwinnett County Police Department's Vice Unit confiscated $50,000 in cash, gambling-related paraphernalia, and other undisclosed evidence.

The employees are being charged with illegal commercial gambling, while the patrons face other gambling charges. Police are still searching for three others connected to the business. According to a legal representative for Royal Flush Bar & Grill, who spoke with PokerNews via telephone, despite local news reports, only one of the three individuals owns the bar.

 

[Favour]

That's good, keep busting them.

 

[mosesdera]

Security and following regulations are important when operating any kind of gambling. If the bar did not have the proper licenses for hosting poker it was a risk they took.

 

[Ejyndayo53]

That's good, keep busting them.

It is good bursting all illegal gambling in the country. But this is not achievable in Nigeria. It seems there are collusion between the illegal casino cartels and the police. You would hardly notice or heard of police raids in any illegal casinos.