Video Poker 24/7 - Pike County Does Not Want Video Poker Machines Returned

Video Poker 247 - Pike County Does Not Want Video Poker Machines Returned

The Pike County Attorney’s office is asking that the video poker machines that were seized during a raid not be returned. They are claiming a lack of jurisdiction for the court and that they do not have the authority to return the video poker machines because of that. They want the machines to stay in evidence instead.

Keith Cavins, supposedly the owner of the video poker machines, has asked that they be returned to him, as he was not involved with the illegal video poker establishment. He supposedly did not know anything about it, and that Larry David Adkins was the responsible party.

Adkins had pled not guilty to the charges, but when he was arrested he allegedly said that it was his operation and that he paid out nightly to winners. There were eight video poker games seized during the raid, and the prosecution has a limit amount of time to prove why the machines should not be returned.

Adkins is facing eight counts of promoting gambling that stems from a state police investigation that began earlier this year. Chief Assistant County Attorney Roger Varney says that the District Court has no right to order the video poker machines back to their owner, and that they could only be returned is if it was a civil case that the District Court was handling.

Varney also said that according to a 1990 Kentucky Court of Appeals decision the video poker machines may not be legal and so returning them would be against the law. The Court has not yet ruled on the machines.

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