Police seize $91K from illegal gambling game at Pittsburgh-area social club

Pennsylvania liquor control enforcement agents say they’ve stopped an illegal gambling operation in Washington County. Officials say it was happening at a social club where they recovered tens of thousands of dollars in alleged illegal betting revenue.

Authorities said they seized over $91,000 from the Independent Political Club in Washington, Pennsylvania, where they were playing Queen of Hearts.

Officials said the club did not have a county-issued small games of chance license. Officer Wayne Wright with the Pennsylvania State Liquor Control Enforcement says even if the club had a license, the game of Queen’s Hearts isn’t on the state’s list of approved legal small games of chance…

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