AUTHOR: Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
TITLE: Indianapolis police shut down poker club, arrest 3
DATE: 9:39 AM
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Police shut down an illegal poker club, arrested three people and issued<br>summons for 60 more. The club in a northeast Indianapolis building that also<br>houses legitimate businesses operated seven days a week, Indianapolis police<br>said. Police arrested three men - one of whom had a firearm in his boot -<br>and issued summons arrests to 60 other people for illegal gambling following<br>the raid at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Players, both men and women, ranged from 18<br>to 70 years old, and live in Marion, Hancock, Morgan, and Hamilton counties,<br>police said. Police seized about $6,000 in cash, as well as poker chips,<br>computers, televisions and other gambling paraphernalia. Gamblers were<br>required to pay a membership fee, as well as pay to join a game, police<br>said. Police had been investigating the gambling club for about a year.
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