North Carolina Poker Raid

The Southern state of North Carolina in the United States has had yet another poker raid, with police closing in on a tournament in Fayetteville, shutting down a game that had forty or more people involved. In addition to the poker chips and cash police found - when searching the vehicles of the players - crack cocaine, marijuana, handguns and Oxcyontin pills. Chris Lusardi of Fayetteville, the alleged game operator, was taken into custody and charged with running a gaming operation; his home was also raided and $3k in cash seized. Related Articles: Poker scammers indicted Former WSOP champ named in cheating scandal...