Illegal gaming machines

Members of the Dallas Police Department’s vice and SWAT units raided an illegal gambling operation on Greenville Avenue Thursday. The operation began with numerous complaints and led to an undercover investigation of so-called “8-liner” gambling machines in game rooms at 7015 Greenville Avenue, Suites 150 and 200.

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Vice detectives seized 64 illegal gaming machines, 2 handguns and $7,587 in cash, among other items, according to police. If you have information about this or other illegal gambling operations in Dallas, you are encouraged to call the DPD tip line at 214-373-TIPS.

Two guns were confiscated in the raid on an illegal gaming house on Greenville Avenue

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