Central Florida gambling crackdown nets cash machines in statewide sweep

Law enforcement agencies fanned out across Central Florida this week, shutting down dozens of illegal gambling storefronts and hauling away stacks of cash and hundreds of machines.

The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office teamed up with the Florida Gaming Control Commission and Attorney General James Uthmeier for what they called Operation Reel of Fortune. Deputies served search warrants at seven sites in Volusia County alone. By the end of those searches, investigators had taken about $97,000 in cash and 225 gambling machines...