Roberta police seized thousands of dollars Thursday night after raiding
three Roberta covenenience stores allegedly paying cash illegally for video
game winnings.
“We hit all three at once,” Roberta Police Chief Jackie Cooper said this
morning. “They’re paying off in cash so they’re gambling machines.”
Officers, working in conjunction with the Fort Valley Police Department,
seized money from more than a dozen machines operating at three stores on
U.S. 341 in downtown, Cooper said. Haddock’s, the A.U.M. store and Bob’s
Magic Mart were raided shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday after the department
had been receiving complaints over the past year, Cooper said. No one has
been arrested, but charges could be pending a review of the law, Cooper
said.