The Florida Gaming Management Fee (FGCC), with help from the St. Petersburg Police Division, labored collectively to take down two unlawful arcades.
The 2 places in St. Petersburg had been the main target of enforcement actions of the FGCC, as Florida regulation strictly regulates licensed playing within the state, and each the Enjoyable Arcade and the forty ninth Road Arcade had been of curiosity to investigators.
FGCC and Florida Police work to sort out unlawful arcades
Brokers of the FGCC and the St. Petersburg Police Division reportedly seized thirty unlawful slot machines and playing online game tables from the Enjoyable Arcade based mostly at 90116th Road South.
Alongside the gadgets, $15,654 in money was taken by the brokers. Additionally they arrested Ghazwan Samaan and Anthony Jamel Abuead on one depend every of possession of slot machines and one depend of protecting a playing home.
Twenty-nine unlawful slot machines, one video playing desk, and a reported $4,266 in money had been seized on the forty ninth Road Arcade, 800 forty ninth Road South.
Angela D. Sutton was arrested and charged with one depend of possession of slot machines and one depend of protecting a playing home.
“These coordinated operations reveal the FGCC’s continued dedication to eliminating unlawful playing enterprises that undermine our regulated gaming trade and negatively impression Florida communities,” stated L. Carl Herold, Director of Gaming Enforcement
Police and FGCC vocal concerning the security dangers of unlawful playing
“Due to the continued help of our state companions, we stay steadfast in our dedication to eradicating unlawful gaming machines from our neighborhood. We won’t permit these illegal operations to undermine the protection and well-being of our residents, stated Chief of St. Petersburg Police Anthony Holloway.
Slot machines can solely be permitted in places which have the required FGCC approval, of which eight are pari-mutuel amenities in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, and 6 Seminole Tribe of Florida institutions.
Herold added that, “Casinos and slot machines are solely approved in particular licensed amenities in Florida. Another operation is illegal, and we are going to pursue it vigorously.”
The FGCC has been energetic throughout the latter half of 2025, as we reported the playing regulator orchestrated the same dismantling of an illegal operation in Port Richey.
New Port Richey police departments managed to safe 200 and forty-nine unlawful slot machines and a reported $194,262 in what the police power alleged had been “suspected playing proceeds.”
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