18 arrested in illegal lottery bust in New Jersey

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river26 — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 01:22:45 GMT

nothing is guarranteed that u will get paid i won once playing pick 3 st number but never collected

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psykomo — Sat, 08 Apr 2017 03:36:51 GMT

IT'$ About HARD Time....

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Bleudog101 — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 13:10:32 GMT

Perhaps you are thinking of where Martha Stewart, et al, go or have went. That is a federal country club prison compared to the type this hardened criminal will go. He is no white collar criminal but white trash.

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Gleno — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 13:41:45 GMT

4/5/17

The creativity of the criminal mindset is amazing but remember the government is just as crafty at finding law breakers.

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Cassie8620 — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 15:33:08 GMT

I hear ya.

(bleu)

IKR.

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Cassie8620 — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 15:32:29 GMT

I hear for some it is... I was listening to some discuss on a fb page saying about,

Well,their time will be an easy one premise on prison being a summer camp just about for so many.

Heck, i've heard in a prison you're able to get on line now pages, web page with their info on it, to meet others, that shock me to no end. I did not know inmates have so much privileges,and smh I don't get it. I don't see how that can happen in a prison.

So i don't think they care and some might not even... [ More ]

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Bleudog101 — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 11:46:14 GMT

Bet the bookies are near Churchill Downs as well as Bardstown road south of the Watterson. Good for them. It is illegal but doesn't harm me in the least, no harm no foul.

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Dd2160 — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 01:46:02 GMT

Song as old as time tale as old as rythme beauty and the beast.

the bug is as old as time. This tale has been told many many different times..them gansters dont play with their mollah, cash, dinero, largen french i think for money!!

I still love a bolita .

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eddessaknight — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 00:52:22 GMT

Well illustrated Coin, do enjoy these unvarnished flashbacks puts me in mind of that great Gambling Raconteur Damon Runyon of 'Guys Dolls 'fame

Do you remember hearing of a Harlem number runner by the name of Walking Willy' was a well celebrated in the community in the time of the controversial US Congressman the very Reverend Adam Clayton Powell

Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

Eddessa_Knight

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Coin Toss — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 00:16:15 GMT

There's not a candy store or news stand on the East Coast that would survive without 'the number'.

One time in Hudson County my father went to play and there was also a cop and a priest in the store. They left and my father played the number and the clerk was laughing because the cop and the priest were there to do the same thing.

When NJ announce a state lottery my father got a phone call and the caller said, Don't forget us, we always pay in cold hard cash and no taxes no matter how mu... [ More ]

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SHERWIN Vega — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 23:23:31 GMT

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SHERWIN Vega — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 23:22:08 GMT

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Stack47 — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 22:38:26 GMT

I saw co-workers betting on the old numbers game years after the Ohio Lottery began offering pick-3.

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Stack47 — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 22:35:32 GMT

The illegal lottery started long before states began legislating state lotteries, paid out $600 to $1, and continued by taking bets on the numbers drawn by the state lottery pick-3. Even though the KY Lottery has the $600 to $1 payout, I've heard rumors of bookies here taking bets just like their counterparts in NJ.

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eddessaknight — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 22:24:15 GMT

Well Said Stack-

P.S.-

It's the old numbers racket being played again with a new spin from the top

There is nothing new under the sun

~King Solomon

Eddessa_Knight with Light

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Stack47 — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 22:18:57 GMT

raided 15 businesses throughout Irvington, Newark, Elizabeth and Roselle.

Breaks down to $2000 a business. Not bad but not exactly the type of crimes that requires Homeland security involvement.

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roadster62 — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 16:08:36 GMT

couldn,t get their tax money

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Sunglasses — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 15:16:28 GMT

They paid out more, who complained

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MADDOG10 — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 14:43:24 GMT

It was only a Matter of Time.

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Raven62 — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 14:07:28 GMT

$30,000 per week x 52 = $1,560,000 per year

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music* — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 13:29:23 GMT

March Madness Have to protect the legal lottery. Good work law enforcement

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konane — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 13:14:52 GMT

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Wendy G — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 13:01:49 GMT

Really. Was this really worth their time. Here comes some jail time.

18 arrested in illegal lottery bust in New Jersey

Lottery Post — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 12:49:25 GMT

May be part of larger network of illegal games

Includes video report

Cracking down on a vast underground gambling operation, Irvington Police hit the jackpot on Friday, arresting 18 people, allegedly connected to an illegal lottery enterprise out of storefronts across New Jersey.

Basically, the numbers are run by the New Jersey or New York lotteries, the mid-day and the night number, and they usually call, make payments on the numbers, says Irvington Police Detective Mitchell Molina.