BROWNWOOD, TX-- Police and Sheriff's deputies searched three eight liner businesses suspected of illegal gambling seizing equipment.
According to The Brownwood Bulletin the Brown County Sheriffs Department and the Brownwood Police Department raided the three businesses and seized evidence including motherboards and records.
No arrest have been made at this time, but Brownwood Police Chief Terry Nichols said “We believe, obviously, there is gambling going on.”
Nichols wrote and hand delivered a letter warning the business that they would be investigating. The letter notified the businesses that “we’re doing the operations, putting them on notice and saying we’re getting allegations that you’re in violation of the gaming laws of Texas,” Nichols said. “Cease and desist."
Officials ran undercover operations on the businesses because of the high rate of calls on them.
Under current law, the letter stated, an eight liner is legal if it:
- ‒ Is used only for “bonafide amusement purposes.”
- ‒ Awards a player with non-cash merchandise or vouchers redeemable for novelty items, and the value of the prize or certificate is not more than 10 times the cost of a single play or $5, whichever is less.
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There is a market for gambling and instead of fighting it we should be cashing in on it. OTOH Louisiana, New Mexico and Oklahoma appreciate the Texas dollars they receive from Texans.
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PermalinkI would love to know the total dollars per year flowing into those 3 states due to Texas' unwillingness to allow casinos. Certainly hundreds of millions, possibly billions. All to uphold some antiquated moral standard. Lotto....that's ok, everything else is sin and must not be allowed. Utter idiocy.
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PermalinkJust like prostituion, right?
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PermalinkApples and oranges your honor. I speculate that very few Texas dollars are being diverted to NM, OK, and LA by folks traveling to the state sponsored brothels of those states.
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PermalinkYou're right about that, but I wasn't speaking monetarily. More about the rights of the people.
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PermalinkWhere are all these prostitutes at again? I read up and down the whole screen and didn't find where they were supposed to be at.
Get em outta here that is ungodly and unsanitary. Somebody needs to inform us where all this is taking place so we can steer clear completely!
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Permalinkgambling and paying for sex services just ain't what moral, upstanding Texans do.
Wrestling and tormenting farm animals for fun, now God smiles down on them folk!
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