According to the local Denver CBS affiliate, at least one of her colleagues believes the police raids amount to a shakedown.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe see this as an effort to do the bidding of big casinos and shut down these small businesses by being bullies, even though the businesses are perfectly legal, said Chris Howes, CSGEA’s executive director.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\nAre Adult Arcades Illegal or Not?<\/strong><\/h2>\nGaramova argues that if what she was doing was really illegal, then Colorado lawmakers wouldn\u2019t be pursuing House Bill 1234. She has publicly testified against the new bill, which intends to clarify that arcade games with cash payouts are indeed illegal in the state. It\u2019s a bold-faced contradiction, according to the accused.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy are we trying to create a new law if the games are already illegal? Those ideas are conflicting,\u201d asks Garamova.<\/p>\n
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Of the eight other similar raids in the state, none have been successfully prosecuted. In one 2016 case, the judge found that the laws being used to prosecute were \u201cunconstitutionally vague.\u201d Yet despite the lack of convictions, none of the business owners have had their cash and equipment returned.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nUntil House Bill 1234 bill is passed, Garamova says she and her fellow arcade operators should get their assets back. So far, there\u2019s no indication of that happening.<\/p>\n
And while three people were arrested in last week\u2019s raids, no formal charges have been made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Are skill games harmless, or are they gambling, simply camouflaged?\u00a0That\u2019s the question being posed in the wake of police raids which landed a Denver, Colorado resident Tammy Garamova in jail, accused of involvement in an illegal gambling operation. Garamova is the president of the newly formed Colorado Skill Games and Entertainment Association (CSGEA). She also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":74781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,60,13,61,13592],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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