Video Poker 24/7 - Raid Turns Up Cash and Video Poker Machines

Video Poker 247 - Raid Turns Up Cash and Video Poker Machines

According to authorities, an 81 year old restaurant owner and two of his employees have been arrested during a video poker raid. Charleston County deputies raided Pappy’s, which is located in Hanahan, this past Thursday after investigating the site for more than four months.

During the raid, the police found 34 video poker machines and more than $400,000 in video poker proceeds. You would think they would have learned, as this is not the first time they have gotten into trouble for owning video poker machines.

Police say that this is the third time that they have found illegal video poker machines in the establishment. They were warned last time that they needed to stay out of trouble with the video poker machines, but obviously chose not to listen.

Joe Williamson, the owner of the establishment and hence the video poker machines, was arrested and charged with gambling. Two of his employees, June Polos, 63, and Patrick Henry Roberts, 72, were also arrested for the video poker gambling.

As video poker is illegal in South Carolina for the past seven years, and he has been in trouble for this before, Williamson knew that the machines were illegal. South Carolina has been issuing a crackdown on the illegal video poker machines, and has seized more than a thousand of them since January.

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