{"id":214444,"date":"2022-05-20T06:24:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T13:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=214444"},"modified":"2022-05-20T08:17:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T15:17:05","slug":"honolulu-illicit-gambling-room-site-of-murder-arrest-follows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/honolulu-illicit-gambling-room-site-of-murder-arrest-follows\/","title":{"rendered":"Honolulu Illicit Gambling Room Site of Murder, Arrest Follows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man was shot dead on Wednesday at an illegal gambling operation in Honolulu, Hawaii, island police revealed. On Thursday, a suspect was arrested for second-degree murder for the death, <em>KHON<\/em>, a local TV station, reported.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_214452\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214452\" data-style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-214452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bay-142x94.jpg\" alt=\"Scenic Mamala Bay near Honolulu\" width=\"1200\" height=\"797\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-214452\"class=\"text-description\">Scenic Mamala Bay near Honolulu, pictured above. The beautiful tranquility of the island was shaken after a murder took place in an illegal gaming room. (Image: Flickr\/Geoff Livingston)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The victim, 33, got into a fight with the male suspect at about 10 pm, the report said. The suspect fired an unspecified number of bullets at the man. The victim soon died inside the gambling venue.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect ran from the crime scene. Later, he was under arrest for an unrelated crime when he was identified by police and arrested for the shooting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>The shooting took place off of Kapiolani Boulevard on the island of Oahu. It is a major commercial thoroughfare near Mamala Bay.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The suspect and victim likely knew each other before the fatal incident, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Neither the name of the suspect nor of the victim was immediately released by police in Hawaii. The suspect soon will have to enter a plea to the charge in criminal court in Hawaii.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s shooting represents Honolulu\u2019s 15<sup>th<\/sup> murder of the year, <em>KGMB<\/em>, another local TV station, reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>No word yet if police will charge the operators of the illegal gambling venue. But it was reported the incident remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<h2>No Legal Gambling<\/h2>\n<p>Hawaii is one of two states with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/hawaii-sports-betting-bill-contains-suggested-55-percent-tax\/\">no form of legal wagering<\/a>. Utah is the other.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>Proposals to allow wagering have been defeated in the state\u2019s legislature.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Legislative proposals have recommended bingo, casinos, horse racing, or a lottery. The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) also proposed building a casino in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/hawaiis-latest-gaming-proposal-crumbles-in-legislature\/\">Kapolei<\/a> on the island of Oahu.<\/p>\n<p>It is the island\u2019s second-largest city. But that, too, failed.<\/p>\n<p>The lack of legal gambling venues has led to the growth of illegal operations, local media have reported.<\/p>\n<h2>Honolulu Cops Undertake Raids<\/h2>\n<p>In 2021, the Honolulu Police Department searched some 50 illegal game rooms, <em>Honolulu Civil Beat<\/em>, an online news site, reported. The raids led to the arrest of 31 suspects last year.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Honolulu cops raided 41 illicit game rooms. Some 28 suspects were charged.<\/p>\n<p>Looking back, 32 gambling raids and 45 arrests took place in 2019 in Honolulu. There were 31 raids in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Most gaming machines were seized by police from illegal gambling dens in such neighborhoods as Kalihi, West Oahu, and Pearl City, the <em>Civil Beat<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>But the effectiveness of such raids has been questioned. Slot machines and other gambling machines may be seized. Some cash may be taken by authorities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>And an illegal game room may be closed after a raid. But another operation can open to take its place, the <em>Civil Beat<\/em> said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man was shot dead on Wednesday at an illegal gambling operation in Honolulu, Hawaii, island police revealed. On Thursday, a suspect was arrested for second-degree murder for the death, KHON, a local TV station, reported. The victim, 33, got into a fight with the male suspect at about 10 pm, the report said. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":214452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Honolulu Illicit Gambling Room Site of Murder, Arrest Follows<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A man was shot dead on Wednesday at an illegal gambling operation in Honolulu, Hawaii. On Thursday, a suspect was arrested.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/honolulu-illicit-gambling-room-site-of-murder-arrest-follows\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Honolulu Illicit Gambling Room Site of Murder, Arrest Follows\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A man was shot dead on Wednesday at an illegal gambling operation in Honolulu, Hawaii. On Thursday, a suspect was arrested.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/honolulu-illicit-gambling-room-site-of-murder-arrest-follows\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-20T13:24:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-20T15:17:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bay.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"680\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ed Silverstein\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgedsilv\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ed Silverstein\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/honolulu-illicit-gambling-room-site-of-murder-arrest-follows\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/honolulu-illicit-gambling-room-site-of-murder-arrest-follows\/\",\"name\":\"Honolulu Illicit Gambling Room Site of Murder, Arrest Follows\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/honolulu-illicit-gambling-room-site-of-murder-arrest-follows\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/honolulu-illicit-gambling-room-site-of-murder-arrest-follows\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bay.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-20T13:24:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-20T15:17:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e\"},\"description\":\"A man was shot dead on Wednesday at an illegal gambling operation in Honolulu, Hawaii. On Thursday, a suspect was arrested.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/honolulu-illicit-gambling-room-site-of-murder-arrest-follows\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/honolulu-illicit-gambling-room-site-of-murder-arrest-follows\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/honolulu-illicit-gambling-room-site-of-murder-arrest-follows\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bay.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bay.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":680},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/honolulu-illicit-gambling-room-site-of-murder-arrest-follows\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Honolulu Illicit Gambling Room Site of Murder, Arrest Follows\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Casino.org\",\"description\":\"Latest Casino and Gaming News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e\",\"name\":\"Ed Silverstein\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Ed Silverstein\"},\"description\":\"Ed Silverstein is a senior reporter covering gambling law and crime news for Casino.org. Ed is an award-winning journalist with credits ranging from the Associated Press to American Lawyer Media. Ed joined the Casino.org news team in 2019 after decades of experience in legal reporting. His past reporting and editing assignments include Cowles Business Media, Columbia University Press, the Connecticut Post, and Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc. Besides the law and its application to the gaming industry, Ed\u2019s areas of expertise span business, politics, education, and state and local government. Ed holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut and master\u2019s degrees from Harvard and Yale. His professional awards include recognition from the New England Press Association and New England AP News Executives. Ed currently resides in Connecticut, where he enjoys photography and bowling in his spare time. Contact Ed at ed.silverstein@casino.org.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/ed-silverstein\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgedsilv\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/ed-silverstein\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Honolulu Illicit Gambling Room Site of Murder, Arrest Follows","description":"A man was shot dead on Wednesday at an illegal gambling operation in Honolulu, Hawaii. On Thursday, a suspect was arrested.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/honolulu-illicit-gambling-room-site-of-murder-arrest-follows\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Honolulu Illicit Gambling Room Site of Murder, Arrest Follows","og_description":"A man was shot dead on Wednesday at an illegal gambling operation in Honolulu, Hawaii. On Thursday, a suspect was arrested.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/honolulu-illicit-gambling-room-site-of-murder-arrest-follows\/","og_site_name":"Casino.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews","article_published_time":"2022-05-20T13:24:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-05-20T15:17:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":680,"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bay.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ed Silverstein","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@casinoorgedsilv","twitter_site":"@Casino_Org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ed Silverstein","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/honolulu-illicit-gambling-room-site-of-murder-arrest-follows\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/honolulu-illicit-gambling-room-site-of-murder-arrest-follows\/","name":"Honolulu Illicit Gambling Room Site of Murder, Arrest Follows","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/honolulu-illicit-gambling-room-site-of-murder-arrest-follows\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/honolulu-illicit-gambling-room-site-of-murder-arrest-follows\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bay.jpg","datePublished":"2022-05-20T13:24:43+00:00","dateModified":"2022-05-20T15:17:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e"},"description":"A man was shot dead on Wednesday at an illegal gambling operation in Honolulu, Hawaii. On Thursday, a suspect was arrested.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/honolulu-illicit-gambling-room-site-of-murder-arrest-follows\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/honolulu-illicit-gambling-room-site-of-murder-arrest-follows\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/honolulu-illicit-gambling-room-site-of-murder-arrest-follows\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bay.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bay.jpg","width":1024,"height":680},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/honolulu-illicit-gambling-room-site-of-murder-arrest-follows\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Honolulu Illicit Gambling Room Site of Murder, Arrest Follows"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/","name":"Casino.org","description":"Latest Casino and Gaming News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e","name":"Ed Silverstein","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png","caption":"Ed Silverstein"},"description":"Ed Silverstein is a senior reporter covering gambling law and crime news for Casino.org. Ed is an award-winning journalist with credits ranging from the Associated Press to American Lawyer Media. Ed joined the Casino.org news team in 2019 after decades of experience in legal reporting. His past reporting and editing assignments include Cowles Business Media, Columbia University Press, the Connecticut Post, and Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc. Besides the law and its application to the gaming industry, Ed\u2019s areas of expertise span business, politics, education, and state and local government. Ed holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut and master\u2019s degrees from Harvard and Yale. His professional awards include recognition from the New England Press Association and New England AP News Executives. Ed currently resides in Connecticut, where he enjoys photography and bowling in his spare time. Contact Ed at ed.silverstein@casino.org.","sameAs":["https:\/\/muckrack.com\/ed-silverstein","https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgedsilv"],"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/ed-silverstein\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214444"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}