Poker rooms raided in valley-wide sweep
Posted: Dec 13, 2013 10:00 AM Updated: Dec 13, 2013 10:11 AM
By Greg Argos - email
PHOENIX (CBS5) -

Thursday evening, agents with the Arizona Department of Gaming (ADG) along with local police departments raided five different poker rooms throughout the valley.

The ADG says this was part of a combined effort to pursue concerns over alleged illegal gambling operations throughout Phoenix.

The locations included: Pocket Rockets (13048 W. Rancho Santa Fe Rd., Suites 115 and 117, Avondale); Cracked Aces (15224 N. 59th Ave., Suite 14, Glendale); AZ Poker Supply (6003 N. 43rd Ave., Phoenix); Poker Play (4494 W. Peoria Ave., Glendale); and Joker Social Club (3519 W. Northern Ave., Phoenix).

Agents gathered boxes of evidence from the locations, including 11 poker tables and other gambling materials, thousands of poker chips, several televisions and surveillance equipment, computers, records and nearly $5,000 in cash.

The investigation is ongoing and two people were arrested on unrelated charges.