Police on Sept. 11 raided a bar near Atlanta at around 5:00 a.m. on suspicion of illegal gambling stemming from a poker game operated by a nonprofit organization played inside the business.
According to the local Fox 5 news channel, authorities issued a search warrant for Royal Flush Bar & Grill in Duluth, Georgia, and arrested 13 customers and five employees from the partner nonprofit organization. During the raid, investigators from the Gwinnett County Police Department's Vice Unit confiscated $50,000 in cash, gambling-related paraphernalia, and other undisclosed evidence.
The employees are being charged with illegal commercial gambling, while the patrons face other gambling charges.