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2 Arrested In Gambling Raids At Internet Cafes

Crackdown Triggered By I-Team Investigation

POSTED: 10:41 pm PDT June 26, 2009
UPDATED: 9:09 am PDT June 27, 2009

Internet cafes in San Diego and Stockton suspected of providing gambling, including video poker, keno and slots, were raided and shut down by state agents, Attorney General Jerry Brown said Friday.

"Agents from my office shut down Internet cafes in Stockton and San Diego that are a cover for illegal gaming operations," Brown said. "These are unregulated and illegal gambling parlors, operating Las Vegas-style games in violation of the law."

Beginning in early June, undercover agents entered establishments in San Diego and Stockton and played various Las Vegas-style games on computers at Internet cafes, according to the attorney general.

Agents purchased a card that allowed them "Internet time" on the cafe's computers. If they won, an on-site employee paid them in cash, according to the attorney general.

In San Diego, agents raided Cafe Hong Hung, '08 Wireless, Cafe 2000, Phnom Penh Video and '05 Billiards. In total, agents seized 21 video slot machines and about $13,000 in cash.

In Stockton, agents raided the Lucky Deja Vu Internet Cafe and the Deja Vu topless bar and seized 98 computer terminals, two master computer servers, money machines and business records, plus more than $4,000 in cash.

Additional sites in San Diego and Oceanside are under investigation for similar activity, according to the attorney general.

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