Arrests Pending in Gambling Sweep: DeKalb Police

DECATUR, GA -- Several arrests are pending after police in DeKalb County along with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation searched eight businesses Tuesday on suspicion of commercial gambling related to gaming machines, Patch has learned.

The massive sweep was done with the cooperation of the Georgia Lottery and state Department of Revenue, the GBI said.

All of the affected establishments, which are located on Glenwood Road, were licensed to run coin-operated amusement machines, but investigators said that customers were being paid in cash from the winning credits.

In Georgia, credits can only be redeemed for lottery tickets and/or store merchandise, the GBI said in a news release.

The following businesses were searched by law enforcement officers in Decatur:

-- Big Daddy’s Grocery, 3893 Glenwood Road

-- Citgo Gas Station, 4052 Glenwood Road
-- Chevron Gas Station, 4047 Glenwood Road

-- Discount Food Mart, 3923 Glenwood Road

-- Glenwood Grocery, 3880 Glenwood Road

-- Stop N Shop Smoke Shop, 3359 Glenwood Road

-- Valero Gas Station, 4530 Glenwood Road

-- Texaco Gas Station, 4544 Glenwood

More than 80 law enforcement officers participated in the operation, the GBI said.

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