![\"Bexar](\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/22-detained-in-Texas-gambling-bust-300x202.jpg\")
<\/div>\nA gambling bust has resulted in twenty-two individuals being detained in connection with illegal gaming in Texas.<\/p>\n
According to the report from the Bexar County Sheriff\u2019s Office, a total of sixty gambling machines were seized alongside $67,350. Citations and charges were issued as part of the bust that took place at Royal Room 777 in the 2300 block of East Southcross Boulevard.<\/p>\n
Texas gambling bust nets authorities cash and gambling assets<\/span><\/h2>\nThe news of the bust, initially reported by KSAT<\/a>, included an in-depth interview with Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar. He spoke of the mechanics involved in the illegal activity and the parties responsible.<\/p>\n<\/p>\nThose complicit in the bust included 18 gamblers and four employees of Royal Room 777, said Salazar.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was one business establishment, but broken into two,\u201d he said. \u201cOne part had the machines where people gamble, on the other part, what seems to be the money side of the operation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Three of the four detained employees will face charges, including Randy Hinojosa, Jason Garcia, and Jacqueline Gonzalez.<\/p>\n
The Sheriff\u2019s Office has levied gambling promotion, keeping a gambling place, possession of a gambling paraphernalia device, and gambling-organized crime charges against the trio.<\/p>\n
The fourth employee, Jeannete Zavala, was alleged to have denied entry to the property and was seen \u201clocking doors\u201d to deter the authorities’ access.<\/p>\n
Bexar County cracks down on gambling den<\/span><\/h2>\nSalazar said, \u201cFor what seems like legal reasons, they (Royal Room 777) were trying to keep some separation between the two. We are looking at filing a possible engagement in organized criminal activity as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
The eighteen players at the gambling establishment have all been issued Class C citations, which is a misdemeanor in the state of Texas.<\/p>\n
The Bexar County Sheriff stated that the two establishments tried to work around the legal loopholes of the state legislature with the distance between the playing and payout spaces.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou play over here, but you don\u2019t receive the payment over here; they (Royal Room 777) give you a token to go over to the next business and redeem that token for cash payment. That is what makes it illegal,\u201d continued the Sheriff.<\/p>\n
The Bexar County Sheriff\u2019s Office is now hunting for the owner, or owners, of the establishment as part of a wider case.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know that this is a busy business strip center, and we would ask for people to be patient with us as we conduct this operation,\u201d concluded Salazar.<\/p>\n
In related news, the Florida Gaming Control Commission (FGCC) made a sizable seizure of 249 illegal slot machines<\/a> and $194,262 in \u201csuspected gambling\u201d proceeds in Port Richey.<\/p>\n\u201cIllegal casinos are not part of regulated gaming in Florida. These operations exploit vulnerable individuals, create an uneven playing field for lawful businesses, and bring unwanted crime and disorder to the communities in which they operate,\u201d said Director of Gaming Enforcement at the FGCC, Carol Herold.<\/p>\n
Featured image: KSAT via YouTube<\/em><\/p>\nThe post 22 detained in Texas gambling bust<\/a> appeared first on ReadWrite<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Those complicit in the bust included 18 gamblers and four employees of Royal Room 777, said Salazar.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was one business establishment, but broken into two,\u201d he said. \u201cOne part had the machines where people gamble, on the other part, what seems to be the money side of the operation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Three of the four detained employees will face charges, including Randy Hinojosa, Jason Garcia, and Jacqueline Gonzalez.<\/p>\n
The Sheriff\u2019s Office has levied gambling promotion, keeping a gambling place, possession of a gambling paraphernalia device, and gambling-organized crime charges against the trio.<\/p>\n
The fourth employee, Jeannete Zavala, was alleged to have denied entry to the property and was seen \u201clocking doors\u201d to deter the authorities’ access.<\/p>\n
Bexar County cracks down on gambling den<\/span><\/h2>\nSalazar said, \u201cFor what seems like legal reasons, they (Royal Room 777) were trying to keep some separation between the two. We are looking at filing a possible engagement in organized criminal activity as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
The eighteen players at the gambling establishment have all been issued Class C citations, which is a misdemeanor in the state of Texas.<\/p>\n
The Bexar County Sheriff stated that the two establishments tried to work around the legal loopholes of the state legislature with the distance between the playing and payout spaces.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou play over here, but you don\u2019t receive the payment over here; they (Royal Room 777) give you a token to go over to the next business and redeem that token for cash payment. That is what makes it illegal,\u201d continued the Sheriff.<\/p>\n
The Bexar County Sheriff\u2019s Office is now hunting for the owner, or owners, of the establishment as part of a wider case.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know that this is a busy business strip center, and we would ask for people to be patient with us as we conduct this operation,\u201d concluded Salazar.<\/p>\n
In related news, the Florida Gaming Control Commission (FGCC) made a sizable seizure of 249 illegal slot machines<\/a> and $194,262 in \u201csuspected gambling\u201d proceeds in Port Richey.<\/p>\n\u201cIllegal casinos are not part of regulated gaming in Florida. These operations exploit vulnerable individuals, create an uneven playing field for lawful businesses, and bring unwanted crime and disorder to the communities in which they operate,\u201d said Director of Gaming Enforcement at the FGCC, Carol Herold.<\/p>\n
Featured image: KSAT via YouTube<\/em><\/p>\nThe post 22 detained in Texas gambling bust<\/a> appeared first on ReadWrite<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\u201cIllegal casinos are not part of regulated gaming in Florida. These operations exploit vulnerable individuals, create an uneven playing field for lawful businesses, and bring unwanted crime and disorder to the communities in which they operate,\u201d said Director of Gaming Enforcement at the FGCC, Carol Herold.<\/p>\n
Featured image: KSAT via YouTube<\/em><\/p>\n The post 22 detained in Texas gambling bust<\/a> appeared first on ReadWrite<\/a>.<\/p>\n