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Man Arrested for Storing Poker Machines9 September 2002York County, South Carolina -- As reported by (South Carolina) Herald: ``After receiving a tip from an anonymous source, York County drug task force officers on Wednesday arrested a Rock Hill man who they say had 17 poker machines stored in his garage. ``Eddie Otto Aiton, 53, of 3212 Pinetuck Lane was arrested on a charge of unlawful possession of poker machines, a misdemeanor. ``State legislators made video gambling illegal on July 1, 2000. It is not only illegal for owners to let people play poker machines -- and profit from them -- but it is unlawful to even own certain machines. ``...Authorities say Aiton had 17 "Double Jack" poker machines. ``...Aiton was not using his garage to run an illegal gambling operation, the task force said. He was just storing the machines there..." |