excerpt:
Police said they shut down a high-stakes gambling operation based in a North Texas home on Friday.

A SWAT team raided the house off Highway 10 on Friday night. Hurst police said they found two dozen people inside the home, which had tables, dealers and even a banker, and was set up to look like Las Vegas.

Hurst police seized cards, chips and thousands of dollars in cash. Ten people accused of organizing and working at the gambling operation were taken into custody, police said.

The people who were allegedly gambling were given misdemeanor citations and allowed to leave.

Police Say High-Stakes Poker Tournaments Held In Hurst Home – News Story – KXAS | Dallas

Author Contact Info: nbc5i.com

This entry was posted on Saturday, May 24th, 2008 at 10:21 pm and is filed under Headlines, Legal, State, TX. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or from your own site.