Mailmen in Pennsylvania Found Playing Video Poker While on Duty

Gambling addictions happen in many different ways. People are addicted as much to the actual games themselves as they are the money involved. For mailmen in Pennsylvania, video poker might have been just a way to pass time.

Police raided a convenience store in Allegheny Township, Pennsylvania on Thursday. They found not only video poker machines, but also mailmen playing the machines.

The convenience store had been under investigation for a few months now. Police received anonymous tips that gambling was going on in the establishment, and that mailmen were involved.

When police raided the place on Thursday, what was being investigated was confirmed. Two mailmen were sitting at the machines playing at the time of the raid. They both were in uniform, meaning they most likely were on duty.

$10,000 in cash and four video poker machines were seized from C & T Mini Mart. No charges have been filed as of yet. Police were still trying to determine whether the owner was paying out the machines.

In Pennsylvania, the coin operated machines are not illegal. It becomes an illegal operation once a player is paid out for winning on one of the machines.

January 18, 2008
Posted By Terry Goodwin
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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