[Midge538]

Finally two raids in the Villages today by Sumter county Sheriffs!

[conn630]

This is the first I have heard of a gambling problem - surely you aren't talking about bingo or mahjong???

[chuckster]

Can you give more info.......Just curious.

[Talk Host]

????

[SteveFromNY]

I thought it was a drinking town with a golfing problem!

[Hawkwind]

Here you go.

http://www.wftv.com/news/21395394/detail.html

[Talk Host]

I watched the video news report. I cracked up when I saw that deputies were using "jailbirds" to haul the slot machines out to the trucks.

The one lady they interviewed was really steamed that they were cracking down on illegal gambling. I guess it's illegal everywhere except the villages.

JLK

[Hancle704]

As I read the article it reported that they were near The Villages, not in TV.

In The Villages, most of the gambling deals with folks driving as if they are all alone on the road, or who drive their golf carts at excessive speeds with arms, legs and feet hanging out of the cart while conversing on their cell phones.

[Bryan]

I realize several comments were made tongue-in-cheek about TV and all the poker, cribbage, bingo, etc., games around. A year or so ago the Rec Dept took a hard look at gambling in rec centers and got some legal opinions as well as researched the laws of Florida. The bottom line is that social gambling such as most (and I say "most" because I think a few do cross the line) of the games at our rec centers are legal because of the size of the prizes you can win. Not being a lawyer, I don't want to say for sure but it seems to me that I learned that as long as the total available prize for any individual was under a certain amount (I remember $100 but could be wrong), the gambling was legal in Florida.

[blaZen]

Ten to one, it's taking place in TV

[cmj]

Originally Posted by Hawkwind

Here you go.

http://www.wftv.com/news/21395394/detail.html

What made me shake my head was the Village woman who said it wasn't gambling, it was something fun to do and it wasn't gambling because it is on the internet! Saddly naive. There's a lot of trouble one can get into on the internet that is not good for you and/or illegal and it's just as "real" as doing it face to face.

[Hancle704]

What one does in the privacy of their home is or isn't, protected by the Constitution or, am I confusing that with some other activity?

According to TV report a poor guy in Virginia was just arrested because he walked naked at 5:30 AM in his own home to get a cup of coffee in the kitchen and was observed by a woman and her young daughter who happened to be walking through his yard and she reported him to the police.

According to his statement, he went back to bed after getting the coffee and was awakened by the Police who were then in his bedroom

I guess if you do what he did you are supposed to close your drapes. How's that for freedom and a man's home is his castle.

[billethkid]

plus the surrounding area? The same kinds of things one finds in any other location with that much critical mass.
And remember no matter what they find whomever doing they are in the teeny tiny minority (not race....but could be...caucasions that is!!!).

Don't extrapolate a news filler story to the notion TV has a problem. They look at things through a straw....hence when they look at the side of an elephant they will report that everything they see in TV is turning gray!!!!!!

btk

[wmarsh]

What? You mean I can't install slot machines in my garage when I get down to TV? How else am I to pay the mortgage and for all the drinks I intend to buy?


I did like the distinction 'it isn't gambling, it's the Internet!'

[Hawkwind]

Here in Ohio the current law prohibits gaming but we do have the lottery and bingo. The issue of allowing gaming has been placed before the voters three or four times and has been defeated every time. It is on the ballot again this November.
Months ago in every town gaming shops opened up and then they were called “Spin to Win” establishments. They had slot type machines that the player would control when the spin started and when it stopped. The owners said this was a game of chance and legal but the governor said it was gambling. The governor issued an order and they were all closed down. Well they are now all back open again and are known as internet café’s. They are going strong any you can bet that the profits are “off the record”. There is one intersection a few miles from where I live that has café’s on 3 of 4 corners. Some even advertise that nights jackpots.
Now the governor wants to allow slots to be installed at 4 horse tracks in the state and says that it will create 34,000 jobs. He must have worked at Enron to come up with those numbers. 34,000/4 = 8,500 jobs at each location. Who is he trying to kid. Also why is it that the race tracks get first dibs? This is what caused the other votes to fail. The last one a developer wanted to put in a large casino between Dayton and Cincinnati. People in Cleveland can get to Erie Pa and Detroit quicker that Dayton.
Whatever happened to passing a law that sets up the rules for gaming and the licensing requirements and then let anyone that meets the requirements open an establishment?
Like the bumper sticker says “Our State Has The Best Politicians Money Can Buy and Some Of The Dumbest”.