LA Game busted! - Page 3

StudioGlyphic · #21 05-09-2005, 05:26 PM

It is possible for LA area players to get somewhat organized and lobby their council persons to change the city ordinance to allow card games where there is no "house." Even just a few people in a few council districts could probably have some kind of impact. Or there's always the initiative process.

BlindStealer · #22 05-09-2005, 07:39 PM

420....is not just a west coast thing...its the worldwide number to represent weed....it came about from this being Bob Marley's birthday ( april 20th )....also known as the weed smokers holiday.

Mojo Tooth · #23 05-09-2005, 08:03 PM

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420....is not just a west coast thing...its the worldwide number to represent weed....it came about from this being Bob Marley's birthday ( april 20th )....also known as the weed smokers holiday.

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Well... April 20th is Adolf Hitler's b'day but not Bob Marley's. Bob Marley's birthday was Feb. 6. Maybe you're getting your pot-smoking lingo from Nazi propaganda.

warewulf · #24 05-10-2005, 12:45 PM

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This honestly sounds like Urban legend email. I suppose it could be true, but a $20 buy-in home game? 8 cops? tek9's? Sounds greatly exaggerated if its true though.

With the popularity of poker these days it is to be expected these kinds of emails will make their rounds.

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Not made up. Two of the guys cited were at my game yesterday and one brought the citation so we could all see it. Court date is 5/25 so I'll have more news then. They believe the host was arrested. He has not returned phone calls or email to anyone. It has now been one week since the incident and nobody has heard back from him. I didn't know the host, just two of the guys cited. The violation just say gambling and most of the citation is chicken scratch and hard to make out.

I've taken my game off the Internet as a result and will only allow people that I know or have been referred by people I know.

Apparently, they might have brought extra fire power because this was at an apartment building. When they called and asked him to buzz them in and told him it was LAPD, he thought it was a joke and said something to the effect of 'you better have plenty of fire power.' Not an exact quote, but he did think it was a joke.

jon_1van · #25 05-10-2005, 12:59 PM

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Apparently, they might have brought extra fire power because this was at an apartment building. When they called and asked him to buzz them in and told him it was LAPD, he thought it was a joke and said something to the effect of 'you better have plenty of fire power.' Not an exact quote, but he did think it was a joke.

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warewulf · #26 05-10-2005, 01:11 PM

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It is possible for LA area players to get somewhat organized and lobby their council persons to change the city ordinance to allow card games where there is no "house." Even just a few people in a few council districts could probably have some kind of impact. Or there's always the initiative process.

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This is being looked into. One guy that hosts a local game is an attorney. Another is a law student.

warewulf · #27 05-10-2005, 01:13 PM

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Apparently, they might have brought extra fire power because this was at an apartment building. When they called and asked him to buzz them in and told him it was LAPD, he thought it was a joke and said something to the effect of 'you better have plenty of fire power.' Not an exact quote, but he did think it was a joke.

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My thoughts exactly! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Also forgot to mention, the fine will supposedly be anywhere from $100 to $1000 for all the players cited at the game.

I do suspect that the local casinos are behind getting this game busted. I heard Commerce Casino advertising on the radio trying to get people to bring their home games to the casino. There are usually multiple home games (3 in the area last night) every night of the week. I imagine they started putting pressure on law enforcement since all these home games are allowed to advertise for free on the Internet.

Art Vandelay · #28 05-10-2005, 01:34 PM

This is disturbing, I live in Santa Monica and enjoy my $20 home game with friends. What a load of crap, you'd think the worthless LAPD would be out trying to solve a freeway shooting or something.

tipperdog · #29 05-10-2005, 01:50 PM

I'm sorry, but this reeks of bullshit. Let's count the dubious points.

1. EXTREMELY unlikely that LAPD would dedicate these kinds of resources to home gambling. The only way this is possible is if the cops in question were executing a warrant for something else (e.g. they had a tip it was a drug house) and found nothing. However, since you were already playing, they cited you for cardplaying.

2. If LAPD were busting home poker games, there's no way they'd have 8-10 person task forces doing the raids. They'd only need to knock on the door.

3. Commerce and other casinos CANNOT be behind an LAPD program. Commerce, Bike, etc. are NOT located within city of LA and they have no authority over LAPD. I guarantee that LAPD brass would laugh heartily if asked to mount an expensive campaign to build business for casinos outside the city limits!

warewulf · #30 05-10-2005, 01:58 PM

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I'm sorry, but this reeks of bullshit. Let's count the dubious points.

1. EXTREMELY unlikely that LAPD would dedicate these kinds of resources to home gambling. The only way this is possible is if the cops in question were executing a warrant for something else (e.g. they had a tip it was a drug house) and found nothing. However, since you were already playing, they cited you for cardplaying.

2. If LAPD were busting home poker games, there's no way they'd have 8-10 person task forces doing the raids. They'd only need to knock on the door.

3. Commerce and other casinos CANNOT be behind an LAPD program. Commerce, Bike, etc. are NOT located within city of LA and they have no authority over LAPD. I guarantee that LAPD brass would laugh heartily if asked to mount an expensive campaign to build business for casinos outside the city limits!

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I could really care less if you don't think it's real and am not going to waste time arguing with your lame points. If you're in the LA area, please advertise your game on the internet and we'll see if you're next.

I wanted to get a picture of the citation, but the guy that brought it is very paranoid and wouldn't let me get a photo.