Liquor Licenses Linked to Slot Machines

The License Commission has to decide what to do with two licenses that have been linked to illegal slot machines. They are having a meeting in City Hall to decide whether to revoke those licenses, since they are linked to illegal slot machine gambling and are therefore probably not renewable.

Spud’s convenience store, at 420 South Street; and the Sandcastle Lounge at 2213 Northampton Street, have both been linked to illegal slot machines. The state police raided both establishments and found that there were illegally rigged electronic slot machines at each establishment. The Sandcastle Lounge has an arraignment this Thursday with the owner Daniel A. Knapp – one of the owners of the bar accused of having the illegal slot machines. Knapp’s grandfather was already arraigned for the illegal slot machines and will stand trial in April.

According to documentation, the elder Knapp controlled the access to the slot machines that were located next door to the store in a house that the younger Knapp owned. The licenses were renewed last month, but the Chairman of the License Commission said that they needed to take a closer look at the license and how it pertained to the illegal slot machine gambling in question. The police have been asked to appear at the hearing as well to discuss the slot machine investigation.

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