BigChrisEl;128633 wroteOr do you think it has to do with the WPT coming at the end of the month and the Police are trying to make a good impression (with the casino's leaning on them)?
I have heard wild speculation for all the raids ranging from:
- the club must be doing something really bad aside from poker
- the Hell's Angels are involved
- there must have been guns and drug transactions inside the club
- getting rid of the clubs to make way for a new casino at Woodbine
- the OLG and the casinos are telling the police to get rid of their competition
- former club employees are taking down all the clubs
- it's because of the upcoming Ontario election and the raids will stop after the election.
IMHO, all of the above are false and it's just old-fashioned enforcement of the Criminal Code. The Illegal Gambling Unit probably already knew about many of the illegal poker clubs last year and they have recently finished their investigations and gotten around to executing the 26 or so arrest warrants.