NYC poker raid?

[The Armchair]

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Interesting. So you could just throw backgammon sets on all the tables and reopen.

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The police do not have to bust a game in progress, they just need an affidavit from witnesses and a court order.

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To do what? If it is to arrest the employees and owners, you are right -- they could just get the witness to sign an affidavit, present that to a magistrate, get a warrant, and go to the named party's houses and arrest them there. No problem.

But if it reopens as a backgammon club, and if backgammon for money is legal, for what would the people be arrested?