JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 More than 100 illegal gambling machines have been seized from businesses across Jacksonville. Police said the machines were found in bars, gas stations, and restaurants during a three-day crackdown called Operation Reel of Fortune led by the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Police say this location was one of 16 places across Jacksonville where illegal gambling machines were confiscated.<\/p>\n Investigators with the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office spent three days going business to business looking for illegal gambling machines.<\/p>\n Police say more than 100 machines were confiscated from 16 locations across the city, including bars, restaurants, gas stations and even a nail salon.<\/p>\n According to Florida law, it is illegal to manufacture, own, possess, or operate slot machines in most parts of the state.<\/p>\n The only places where slot machines are allowed are licensed facilities in certain counties like casinos.<\/p>\n Investigators said that means machines like the ones taken from businesses across Jacksonville are illegal.<\/p>\n \u201cOn here, it says restroom is out of order. Then I look over here, that\u2019s not a restroom right here where the games are,\u201d JSO officer.<\/p>\n Authorities said the reason for the crackdown is simple.<\/p>\n They say these machines and the people running them often target those who are financially vulnerable.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m shocked that there\u2019s gambling going on in my neighborhood pub,\u201d said a local man.<\/p>\n Others said if people want to gamble, there are legal places to do it.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like there\u2019s plenty of other places where you can gamble at than a bar,\u201d said Jeremy King.<\/p>\n During the operation, investigators say machines were seized from locations including Captain Odies on Mayport Road, Monkey\u2019s Uncle on San Jose Boulevard, and several other businesses across Jacksonville.<\/p>\n Police said several people were arrested and now face felony charges connected to the illegal gambling operations.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: <\/b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a>]<\/b><\/p>\n [SIGN UP: <\/b>Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a>] <\/b><\/p>\n Click here<\/b><\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/b><\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 More than 100 illegal gambling machines have been seized from businesses across Jacksonville. Police said…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":638229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5136],"tags":[271799,5229,13816,271801,3188,723,7310,13035,425,271800,271802,31650,21782,10604,271798,53513,271803,13827,57513,28496,21189,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,213469],"class_list":["post-638228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-action_and","tag-america","tag-ben_becker","tag-captain_aldi","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville_sheriffs_office","tag-local","tag-lucky_food_mart","tag-mayport_road","tag-monkeys","tag-nicholas_brooks","tag-nick","tag-operation_wheel_of_fortune","tag-saint_johns_bluff","tag-san_jose_boulevard","tag-shacks","tag-tanika","tag-tanika_hughes","tag-uncle","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-yona_gvino"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116186874263304574","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}