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A police raid on an illegal gaming house like this one in Ohio showed 200 slot machines in action. (Image:\u00a0newsnet5.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the same week that Ohio\u2019s new legal casinos reported a slip in revenues, three people have been charged for operating an illegal casino in the state.<\/p>\n

Jerry Warren, 70 of Canton; Tracie Warren-Pastore, 45, of North Canton; and Yabacushyanei Bennett, 45, of Canton were charged with operating an illegal gambling business and money laundering in relation to the \u201cThe Golden Nugget\u201d, a Canton business masquerading as a \u201cskill games parlor\u201d, which had 200 slot machines and gross revenues of $2,000 per day.<\/p>\n

A joint investigation by the US Justice Department, the Internal Revenue Service and the Ohio Casino Control Commission closed down the operation 11 months ago, which resulted in the criminal indictments this week. Authorities are seeking forfeiture of $1.3 million and four vehicles: a 2011 Jaguar XJ8, a 2011 Mazda CX-9, a 2008 Land Rover and a 2000 Porsche Boxter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Game is Up\u201d<\/h2>\n

\u201cThis trio ran their own illegal casino in Canton, complete with 200 slot machines,\u201d said US attorney for the northern district of Ohio Steven M. Dettelbach. \u201cNow the game is up, and they will be held accountable for their actions \u2026 This case illustrates the need for vigilance in the enforcement of Ohio’s Casino Control Act. There are only four legal casinos in Ohio; this was clearly an illegal gambling house.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

State regulators have said that there may be hundreds of similar operations in the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have evidence that there are places that are referring to themselves as skill games, which are operating games of chance, which is against the law, and paying out cash prizes, which is also against the law,\u201d said executive director of the Casino Control Commission Matt Schuler.<\/p>\n

House Bill 491 includes a new stipulation that skill-game operators must register with the Casino Control Commission. This, said Schuler, will provide a \u201cuniform and consistent statewide approach to ensuring only legal skill games are operating in Ohio.\u201d<\/p>\n

In law, skill games must be dependent entirely on the skill of the player and can under no definition be a game of chance, while prizes offered are limited to merchandise or gift certificates that may not exceed $10.<\/p>\n

“Federal laws that regulate the reporting of financial transactions are in place to detect and stop illegal activities,” said Kathy Enstrom, Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation, Cincinnati Field Office. “IRS Criminal Investigation is committed to enforcing these laws and following the money, wherever it leads.”<\/p>\n

Legal Casinos Slip<\/h2>\n

This may come as little consolation to the state\u2019s legal casinos which have seen revenues drop on last year. Ohio\u2019s four casinos generated $79.6 million overall in March, which is down 5.6 percent from the same month in 2013.<\/p>\n

Customers spent $20.2 million at Casino Cincinnati Horseshoe in March \u2013 down 4 percent from March 2013, which was the casino\u2019s opening month. The picture looks bleaker in Cleveland, however, with revenue dropping 13.1 percent to $21.3 million at the Cleveland Horseshoe, perhaps due to competition from two new racinos which opened last year: ThistleDown and the Hard Rock Rocksino.<\/p>\n

Gross casino revenues are taxed at 33 percent in Ohio, one of the highest rates in the US. Casino gambling was legalized in the state in November 2009, after the fifth statewide vote on the subject in 20 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the same week that Ohio\u2019s new legal casinos reported a slip in revenues, three people have been charged for operating an illegal casino in the state. 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