(WJET/WFXP/ YourErie.com )– A western New York has been arrested after Pennsylvania State Police alleged he placed illegal wagers on a table game at Presque Isle Downs and Casino over the course of a week and collected over $7,800 in false winnings.
According to Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Gaming Presque Isle, troopers were called out to Presque Isle Downs and Casino on Monday, Jan. 22 after a 44-year-old Cheektowaga man was allegedly caught cheating at a Craps table.
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Authorities conducted an audit into the man and found he had placed numerous illegitimate bets over the course of seven days and had accumulated $7,860 in false winnings.
No details were given on how the man was allegedly cheating.
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State police are now charging him with theft and crime by deception and was lodged in the Erie County Jail.
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