Eight Gambling Machines Spotted

Upon raiding the Pyramid Food Mart on Buena Vista Road, police discovered eight illegal slot machines. They had been tipped off that there might be illegal slot machines at the location, and had been investigating the report. Police officers went and waited at the Food Mart and watched people going in and out of a back room. They were dressed in plain clothes and stood there waiting to see what was going on.

Finally they entered the back room themselves where they witnessed people playing the illegal slot machines for themselves. The Columbus Police Department raided the establishment and seized the illegal slot machines. They were loaded on a truck and taken to police headquarters.

The machines looked just like slot machines and operated like them as well. They had video screens and the player would push a button and wait for the wheels to stop spinning after they pushed another button. If the player matched three icons they won the game. The slot machines stand around 5 feet tall and have two buttons each.

There was also a slot for money to be fed into the slot machine. Players could put in any amount from $1 to $50 to play the games. Two employees that had been running the slot machines at the Food Mart were arrested and charged with commercial gambling, which is a felony.

Police say that this is nothing new and that they had seen this type of illegal slot machine gambling before, although it does seem to have increased over the past year.

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