{"id":164422,"date":"2021-02-13T01:16:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T09:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=164422"},"modified":"2021-02-13T21:29:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T05:29:50","slug":"california-police-continue-gambling-raids-on-alleged-slaphouses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/california-police-continue-gambling-raids-on-alleged-slaphouses\/","title":{"rendered":"California Police Continue Gambling Raids on Alleged \u2018Slaphouses\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some 70 people were arrested this week after a police raid on an alleged illegal gambling joint operating as an \u201cslaphouse\u201d in Anaheim, Calif., according to local news reports.<\/p>\n

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Anaheim, Calif., police officers prepare to raid an alleged gambling joint shown here. Some 70 people were arrested. (Image: KCAL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Several gaming machines and firearms were seized from the site on Wednesday, police said. The business allegedly fronted as a furniture store.<\/p>\n

When police first entered the operation, suspects at the scene broke windows to escape from the store and ran across the street to scatter, KCAL, a local TV station, reported based on a video they viewed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The raid came after police surveilled the furniture store for two months, according to the Orange County Register<\/em> newspaper.<\/p>\n

Authorities recently obtained a search warrant. SWAT officers and other personnel then descended on the enterprise.<\/p>\n

Police told the newspaper they had gotten over 50 recent complaints about the business they searched on Wednesday. It was described by authorities as a \u201c24-hour a day operation every day.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Slaphouse Explained<\/h2>\n

\u201cSlaphouse\u201d is the term used to describe an illegal gambling operation found in a residence or business, KABC, another local TV station, explained in a recent report.<\/p>\n

The name relates to players \u201cslapping\u201d the controls on some of the games.<\/p>\n

Slaphouses are often hidden in abandoned businesses or operate using a storefront of a seemingly legitimate enterprise.<\/p>\n

Often, they are sources of related criminal activity, police have reported.<\/p>\n

Neighboring Alleged Slaphouse Raided in October<\/h2>\n

During an October raid, Anaheim police apprehended about 70 people at an alleged slaphouse located next-door to the one raided on Wednesday. Some 25 of them were later issued citations in 2020, such as for alleged drug violations or gambling charges.<\/p>\n

Thirteen were booked at the Anaheim Detention Facility for more serious offenses, including warrants, parole\/probation violations, and gambling violations, Anaheim Police<\/a> Sgt. Shane Carringer told Casino.org<\/em> back in October. Their cases were forwarded to local courts.<\/p>\n

That storefront was vacant, but formerly was a hydroponics business, police added. Police seized over two dozen video gaming machines and electronic gambling tables in October. Currency was also seized from that alleged gambling joint.<\/p>\n

Carringer noted that three handguns were found at the suspected gambling site, as well as a \u201cvariety of drugs and drug paraphernalia.\u201d<\/p>\n

Officers used flashbangs to initially startle the crowd. The business was described in October by KCAL as a \u201cshuttered storefront for an out-of-business hydroponics shop.\u201d<\/p>\n

In January 2020, the Long Beach Post<\/em>, another California newspaper, reported that several illegal gambling operations appeared in the Long Beach region over 12 months. They were found in a vacant dollar store in Zaferia and an old thrift shop in North Long Beach, the report added.<\/p>\n

Between July 2019 and January 2020, local police closed eight different alleged illegal gaming sites, the Post<\/em> said. Visitors were apprehended.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, in Texas last month, two police raids in Hood County led authorities to seize 88 illegal eight-liner<\/a> gaming machines, according to KXAS, a Fort Worth TV station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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