A major bust this week targeting three operations in Duval and Clay counties is putting the spotlight on Florida’s efforts to crackdown on illegal gambling.
Two-hundred and thirty illegal slot machines and 23 fish tables were taken out of commission by the joint operation involving the Department of Homeland Security, IRS and Florida Gaming Control Commission.
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The raid, dubbed “Operation Funny Money,” targeted two locations in Clay County and one on Jacksonville’s Westside.
- Discount Fashion Arcade, 5530 Timuquana Road, Suite 4 in Jacksonville
- Two Orange Park locations: 69 College Drive, Units 6 and 7, and 1212 Blanding Boulevard, Unit 9.
“What we have found is it doesn’t matter, highly populated or lightly populated, these locations find a way into these communities all across the state of Florida,” Carl Herold, Director of Law Enforcement for the Florida Gaming Control Commission, said.
Herold told Action News Jax this week’s bust represents just a small sliver of the illegal gambling economy throughout the state…