9 arrested in massive illegal gambling crackdown in Pomona

Nine people were arrested, and dozens of machines were seized as part of a massive illegal gambling crackdown in Pomona Wednesday morning, authorities said. KTLA's Shelby Nelson reports. April 19, 2023.

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[Dolomite]

Now I wanna see politicians arrested for inside trading.

[devilpupbear]

No one gambles without paying Uncle Sam his cut! NO ONE!

[sebastianmoradi]

Someone lost too much money and snitched.

[jasonthemagnificent.]

How Dare you gamble without paying taxes!!!

[rocco]

Wow... the streets are now safer *sarcasm*
Feds only busted them bc they weren't getting a piece of the pie 😒

[AT-cyuh]

Imagine telling adults what they can and can’t do and then judging them for something that is legal an hour away.

[benw]

Trying to build or start something yourself to escape the rat race? No. That makes you a criminal if you don't pay politicians first. The only legal job here is to always be a slave.

I think this is one of the biggest cases of government overreach. Only politicians rich friends can run casinos, but if you're a normal guy who wants to try to start that business, there is no legal way to go that route unless you're fifty rich or native.

[tonyc]

The only reason this is illegal is because the politicians didn’t get paid. The gov’t wants their taxes and politicians needs that under the table money.

[elmaliboo]

I don’t see why having fun and spending your hard work money is illegal

[lookingupwards]

The cops were just pist off because they were not in on the money

[Blackie]

“Undisclosed amount of cash” I guess the officers who found it forgot how to count 😅

[gerardohernandez]

Law enforcement sure does have there priorities in order 🤦🏽‍♂️

[infinitepower]

When was the last time a politician was arrested for insider trading… never

[eveg]

What a joke, it’s only a crime because Uncle Sam ain’t getting a cut

[UGF]

Last thing we need to worry about. There’s more serious problems out there.

[justdoingitjim]

In Houston if you don't pay the right people your establishment gets raided. But, in Houston they don't destroy the machines, they resell them. And it's usually the establishment owners that rebuy their own machines to restart their business. There's a ton of money to be made in these gambling rooms!

[citiboy]

Why only is it the government able to make money and not the people ?!

[scottkautz]

It's only illegal because the state and government wasn't getting their cut.

[thestone]

When you can’t afford a vacation trip to Las Vegas you decide to make you own casino just to get busted by the cops. 🚨 🚔

[wiseguy]

That’s that drop a dime get out free card, the rats are running free 🐀.