SAN ANTONIO — An investigation led by the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office resulted in the takedown of an illegal gambling operation Tuesday afternoon at a business in a busy south-San Antonio strip center, according to authorities.

Sheriff Javier Salazar said the business appeared to be sectioned into two separate areas, with one side housing illegal gambling machines — commonly known as “eight-liners” — and the other allegedly functioning as the payout center.

“For legal reasons, it looks like they were trying to keep some separation between the two, but we were able to establish that there's some link,” Salazar said at the scene, in the 2300 block of E. Southcross Boulevard. “You play over here, but you don’t receive the payment over here. They give you some sort of token to go to the ne

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