Atlanta poker raid!

plinkochip · #1 03-01-2005, 01:01 PM

I'm not sure if this forumn is the right place for this, but here goes.

A fairly large poker game in the Atlanta, GA area was raided by local police and the GBI (georgia equiv. of FBI) on Saturday night. We're talking sixty man SWAT team, battering ram, the works. Everybody was arrested, including the players. The players were charged with misdemeanor gambling, and the owners were charged with felony commercial gambling. A number of the people arrested (including the house) play in one of my regular games, so needless to say it hits fairly close to home for me. Short of an AP article I read about some games getting busted up in Illinois, I've never heard of such a raid on a poker game. Is this a fairly common practice or is everyone else just as shocked as I am?

shadow29 · #2 03-01-2005, 01:17 PM

Basically you're just asking for trouble if you play in Gwinnet Co. or in one of the games on the Yahoo list.

plinkochip · #3 03-01-2005, 02:17 PM

Agreed, that's why I never played in this particular game [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]. Plus these folks in particular took all kinds of uncessary risks and advertised way too much. Which is what led to them getting robbed a couple of months ago and then raided.

My concern is that it will have consequences that affect other area games.

Zetack · #4 03-01-2005, 02:59 PM

Well there was a bust in my area recently and its the only one I've heard about. I suppose there could be others that just didn't make the paper.

In this one it wasn't just a friendly home game it was a big money making operation--albeit at somebody's house. That seems to be the reason they busted it.

--Zetack

shadow29 · #5 03-01-2005, 03:57 PM

My favorite is the game that brought in strippers.

I don't think other games will be affected too much.

lawpoker · #6 03-01-2005, 07:25 PM

on RGP this morning there was a poster who claimed he was in the game and gave a complete run down of the situation. ok, so i only read RGP at work b/c my office blocks all poker internet sites and i can access RGP through Google groups. but anyway...

SamIAm · #7 03-01-2005, 09:41 PM

Here's the RGP quote.

Man, makes me feel dirty just doing a search over there. For extra bonus points, find the response comparing the poker bust to torture in Iraq.
-Sam

peachy · #8 03-01-2005, 11:53 PM

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Basically you're just asking for trouble if you play in Gwinnet Co. or in one of the games on the Yahoo list.

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i play in gwinnett co.

Luv2DriveTT · #9 03-02-2005, 12:16 AM

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Basically you're just asking for trouble if you play in Gwinnet Co. or in one of the games on the Yahoo list.

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i play in gwinnett co.

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And U are asking for trouble. But that has nothing to do with the raid, you are always asking for trouble [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

In all seriousness, we are begining to experiance raids here in NYC as well. Home games will most likely remain safe, but organized clubs in municipalities that have taken an anti-card player approach should be avoided.

For the record, I am not heeding my own advice.

TT [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

jackdaniels · #10 03-03-2005, 01:47 PM

I just read that and - WOW!

I've been through 1 raid in my career and thankfully it happened in Canada - they arrested the owners, took the chips and searched the players for narcotics/weapons. But that was it! Everyone was released and the owner posted bail shortly after that... This kind of stuff makes me sick. I really hope some of those arrested sue the city - there just isn't any excuse for the treatment they received.