Video Poker 24/7 - There Were No Warning Signs

Video Poker 247 - There Were No Warning Signs

According to the District Attorney’s office, the video poker gambling corruption that had been going on at the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office was a complete surprise. DA Ron Moore said that he had no inkling of it, and that he had no evidence of it either.

Moore said that he had not seen the evidence of gambling corruption during the 12 years that Bobby Medford had been there, and that perhaps some of the people that he had surrounded himself with were not of the best caliber, but that does not mean he is participating in illegal video poker scandals either.

Medford, who will remain in jail until his trial in March, is accused of running an illegal video poker operation and that he moved the money through the sheriff’s office. Those that worked around Medford said that they had heard rumors and there had been some speculation that he might have something on the sly, but nothing was ever confirmed to them.

According to the federal indictment, Medford was very careful about who he allowed into his inner circle and who he told about the video poker operation. At times his deputies that were within that circle would even pick up his cut of the video poker winnings while in uniform and then bring it back and move it through the sheriff’s office.

The video poker operators paid Medford thousands upon thousands of dollars so that they could continue running their illegal video poker games. They basically paid him hush money and he allegedly took it.

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