Trailer Park Casino

The OPP’s Organized Crime Illegal Gambling Unit is cracking down on illegal slot machine operations, and their latest target was a trailer park near Sebright according to police. Last Thursday, police busted an illegal gambling operation and seized five illegal slot machines.

The illegal slot machines were located at the Meadows End Trailer Park, located on Day Drive in City of Kawartha Lakes. Two people were arrested for allegedly operating the illegal slot machines. Patrick George McChesney, 37, was charged with allowing his place to be used as an illegal gaming house as well as keeping the slot machines for use in gambling. Florence Guy, 58, was charged with keeping a common gaming house as well as keeping the slot machines for gambling.

The police said that the illegal slot machines were video machines that “would not meet the criteria” that they would have had to meet for them to be in a legal casino. The slot machines would give their players credits, which they would trade for cash. The credits cost five cents each, and if they played $20 they would get 400 credits.

As it is illegal to gamble anywhere except a licensed casino in Ontario, police say residents should be aware that they are committing a crime when they patronize an illegal slot machine establishment. They said that the slot machines are usually owned and run by the same people, and at the end of the day, they get to keep whatever money is left in there.
 

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