Illegal Poker Room Operators Indicted For Taking Part In Organized Criminal Activity

Illegal Poker Room Operators in Texas Indicted for Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity

3 July 2006 It was recently reported that the Collin County Grand Jury in Texas indicted a group of five individuals involved in the operation of a McKinney underground poker room discovered by authorities in the beginning of 2006. According to police, the room was a for-profit facility since its operators made money off every jackpot won.

McKinney Police Captain John Duscio was reported as saying that undercover officers had been invited to participate in a poker tournament at the aforementioned poker room, and that during the course of the evening they discovered that the room was used for poker games with the house collecting a 10% cut on every poker table.

Collin County court records showed that the poker room's operators faced serious criminal charges. Janet Lynn Cerutti, Terence Joel Cerutti and Johnny Ray Lindsey were indicted of two felony counts of engaging in organized criminal activity and one felony count of money laundering, while Robert Jefferson Slagle and Thomas Carter Eubanks were indicted of two felony counts of engaging in organized criminal activity.

Illegal Poker Room Operators in Texas Indicted for Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity

I really dont understand why they could not just run a legit poker room. You know that these people take in some serious cash. Just think of getting to take 10% off of every hand made.

You know they must not of been playing for no quarters either. If all else fails move to Vegas and open up an online poker room. With holdem poker on the rise and just growing bigger there would be little stopping me from opening up my own online holdem poker room.

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