Waterloo Arrests??
More info on the Ramada Inn games, with some arrests in Waterloo!!
WATERLOO REGION
Twenty-six people face gambling-related charges after police raided two illegal backroom card games, one at a Waterloo apartment and another at a Guelph hotel.
The card game was Texas Hold 'em poker, which has gained popularity since it started appearing on television several years ago, said Det. Sgt. Bill Sword, of the OPP illegal gambling unit.
While playing cards isn't illegal, charging people to play or taking proceeds of the winnings is, Sword said.
At 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, OPP officers, along with Guelph city police and Waterloo regional police raided a banquet room at the Ramada Inn at 716 Gordon St. in Guelph and an apartment unit at 17 Austin Dr. in Waterloo.
Police acted on complaints, some from disgruntled spouses and people addicted to gambling.
Officers seized gaming tables, cards, chips and $8,425 in cash.
WATERLOO REGION
Twenty-six people face gambling-related charges after police raided two illegal backroom card games, one at a Waterloo apartment and another at a Guelph hotel.
The card game was Texas Hold 'em poker, which has gained popularity since it started appearing on television several years ago, said Det. Sgt. Bill Sword, of the OPP illegal gambling unit.
While playing cards isn't illegal, charging people to play or taking proceeds of the winnings is, Sword said.
At 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, OPP officers, along with Guelph city police and Waterloo regional police raided a banquet room at the Ramada Inn at 716 Gordon St. in Guelph and an apartment unit at 17 Austin Dr. in Waterloo.
Police acted on complaints, some from disgruntled spouses and people addicted to gambling.
Officers seized gaming tables, cards, chips and $8,425 in cash.
Comments
D-I-V-O-R-C-E!!
aka losers
/g2
Actually that was one of the first ones in the area to get a stern warning. That's why everything is done hush hush now.
There is something that prevents a police officer from becoming a registered member? Come on.
Anyone running a raked game is kidding themselves if they think the police don't know about it.
Ever heard of a term under cover?
No. Entrapment (in simple terms) would be convincing you to hold an illegal poker game and then busting you for hosting it.
...it is what we pay them to do.
So driving downtown last night I saw some skeezy crack-whore, a couple homeless guys, some seemingly wayward youth...
I'm sure glad I'm paying some police officer to scope Facebook. I feel good about what my tax dollars are being used for.
I want a new system similar to native Canadians where you apply for 'intelligence status' and as such are awarded special privelleges. (like playing cards where you choose without fear of arrest.)
The test will be tying your shoes, and then chewing gum and walking.
The card will read:
"Dear Mr. or Ms. law enforcement officer,
I've been assessed to have a basic level of competency and am now prepared to make reasonable decision for myself. Kindly shove your parental over lording ideologies up your ass. I will not require a spanking today."
And what are YOU doing on the streets at 4 am, little miss??
I am usually grocery shopping, that way I don't have to interact with as many non-cardholders.
Also my pimp likes me to check in around that time.
they have officers assigned to deal with those people and the homeless aren't a police issue, it's a social support issue.
they aren't questioning or limiting your ability to play poker, they are enforcing a law against raking a game. The government has full faith in your ability to handle the responsibility of gambling, just do it at a casino or a non-raked home game.
Aside from the overly high-profile owner, were there any other forum members there?
Now THERE'S a name I'm familiar with...whatever happened to my old buddy anyway
Somebody probably PAID him to rat out the clubs anyway.
I can sympathize with that! I just had 100 pages of pokerforum.ca included in my divorce affidavits by ex-husband...FROM AN ACCOUNT THAT ISN"T EVEN MINE! (like I'm not abrasive enough on my own
Your ex is going through all the threads looking for dirt on you? You've got 500+ FREAKIN POSTS!?!?? This dude clearly has too much time on his hands / isn't quite right in the head!
Now I"m paranoid about anything *I* said... oh crap! He's got pictures of me pantless!!
We need to start a thread saying what a wonderful person Kisty is. Let him put that in his affidvit and shove it
Kristy's OFMF! (One fantastic <exploitive deleted>)
Mark
precisely, fire a cop, hire a social worker/create better support systems.. lets actively make Canada a better country by helping those who actually need it.
As a resident of Waterloo region I can say that the gov'ts nonsensical position HAS limited my reasonable access to play in a professional live setting. At very worst they should be regulating poker rooms (similar to pool halls/chess clubs etc.) and in short getting the hell out of my way while I enjoy a GAME, in any manner I see fit.
I'd go further and suggest that the government is actively putting gambling addicts in this area in a dangerous position. By not allowing/regulating this industry the Gov't forces these people, whom we've indentified as ill and not to be held accountable for their actions, to access these unregulated games and lose in a way that causes them financial, emotional and possibly physical hardship and harm.
So since we've now established that the gov't is NOT interested in protecting people NOR are they working hard to reasonably earn the tax dollars that could be brought in from a regulated game in the area; I suggest again, that they should cease their absurd and pointless over-lording and kindly allow me to make responsible decisions for myself.
[ps. Thanks for the understanding and compliments guys. I appreciate it!]
We all do Mark.
If you want a gov't that doesn't give a damn about people then you must oppose these raids because they are wasting man power..when "we don't give a fuck about the unwell"
If you want a gov't that cares about people, then I think I've suggested a better way, and therefore you must oppose these raids because they are misappropriating resources (tax dollars) to 'catching' and 'punishing' when they could be educating and healing, which would obv have an end more in keeping with the second stated desire.
see the pattern?
Who was the "overly high profile" owner?