Gambling News by Gambling Headquarters

Members of the Organized Crime Section, Illegal Gambling Unit with the assistance of Windsor Police Service executed a Criminal Code search warrant at Sai Gon Billiards located at 922 and 926 Wyandotte St. W. in the City of Windsor on the 24th of Jan 2007. As a result, a number of individuals have been charged with illegal gambling offences. Acting on a Crime Stoppers tip regarding illegal Video Gambling Machines, an investigation was commenced by the Illegal Gambling Unit West team. The investigation confirmed the existence of the machines where members of the public would attend to play games of chance. This location was seeking to gain monetarily from the gambling activity. The OPP Organized Crime Section, Illegal Gambling Unit is in partnership with eight other police services in Ontario including London, Toronto, Niagara, Peel, York, Windsor, Hamilton and Ottawa. The partnership is responsible for the investigation of province-wide illegal gambling investigations pertaining to Part VII of the Criminal Code, with an emphasis on Organized Crime.