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<script type="text\/javascript" charset="UTF-8" src="http:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/portableplayer\/?cmsID=340577331&videoID=SoKVpSfz8C1V&origin=nbcdfw.com&sec=news&subsec=local&width=600&height=360"><\/script><\/pre>\n\tDallas police are teaming up with state alcohol agents to crack down on illegal gambling operations inside liquor stores.
\n\tInvestigations with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission have led the agency to pull the licenses of five stores over the past year, police said.<\/p>\n\tThe liquor stores are tucked away in neighborhoods and it\u2019s easy to hide what is going on, police said.
\n\tInvestigators said they could not estimate how many liquor stores are fronts for gambling, but added the number is troubling.<\/p>\n\tStephanies, in the shadow of Interstate 45, was one of five raided in recent months
\n\tPolice say it once thrived as an illegal bookie operation, but it is now abandoned — shut down after losing its liquor license.<\/p>\n\tPolice gave NBC 5 an inside look at what they found inside the stores.
\n\tA cardboard box opens to reveal "pull tabs," a numbers game.<\/p>\n\tAny doubt it’s illegal? A gambling form includes the line: "If the DPD takes the ticket we both lose."<\/p>\n
\tOut of dozens of gambling receipts seized in one raid, police say there wasn’t a single winner.<\/p>\n
\t"They may be making a lot of money, but if they’re not careful, they will be put out of business,\u201d said Maj. Midge Boyle who supervises the department\u2019s vice unit. \u201cIf they’re running illegal activities, we are going to find a way to shut them down."
\n\tDallas police are doing it by working with the TABC.<\/p>\n\tWhen gambling is found, not only are the alleged operators going to jail, but TABC also is yanking the store’s liquor permits.
\n\t"What we’re hoping to do is, it’s another tool in our box, to shut down illegal activity,\u201d Boyle said.<\/p>\n
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\nPosted by:<\/strong> Dr Crapology on November 9, 2015, 10:19 pm<\/p>\n
Not surprised at this government activity. There are legal gambling establishments all along the Texas borders, located in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. Go to any of these neighboring state-s casinos and the parking garages are about 80% full of cars with Texas license plates. All three states are raking in tons of Texas gambling dollars. <\/p>\n\tDoc<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nPosted by:<\/strong> Mr Finesse on November 10, 2015, 8:59 am<\/p>\n
Sounds like Florida, it also has many behind the scenes poker rooms. I have a relative who makes most of his income from one of these places.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<script type="text\/javascript" charset="UTF-8" src="http:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/portableplayer\/?cmsID=340577331&videoID=SoKVpSfz8C1V&origin=nbcdfw.com&sec=news&subsec=local&width=600&height=360"><\/script> Dallas police are teaming up with state alcohol agents to crack down on illegal gambling operations inside liquor stores. Investigations with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission have led the agency to pull the licenses of five…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-casino-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}