Illegal Slot Machines Risk Everything 

According to the Oklahoma City Police, people just don’t realize what they are giving up when they decide to offer slot machines. They have found that there are many bars and lottery establishments have gotten the bright idea of offering slot machines to their patrons – but illegally. Instead of playing it safe and keeping whatever vices they are already legally allowed to offer, they decide to risk it all. 

Police say that those people who decide to offer slot machines are not just giving up the machines when they are raided – they are giving up a lot more than that. They will lose the illegal slot machines when the police come in, but they can also lose their liquor licenses, their lottery licenses, etc. – the things that make them money legally. If they offer illegal slot machines they could end up without anything to make money at all – in addition to fines and jail time. 

Police said this week alone they busted four convenience stores for offering illegal slot machines. The Roadway on Reno, Lee Stop to Shop on Robinson, May Avenue Food Plaza on May, and Speedy Food Mart on Southeast 15^th were all accused of offering illegal slot machines. Each of the owners or managers that were present at the times of the raids were given citations for possession of gambling paraphernalia. When they were done, a total of fourteen slot machines were seized in their efforts. 

Police say that they don’t want to take these people to jail, they just want the illegal slot machines to not be offered. They also said that they don’t want to ruin them financially, but under the law they could be risking everything that they have to give clients these illegal slot machines. They encourage them to act smarter and to not break the law before it does them real damage.