The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office recently shut down an illegal gambling operation on the city’s Northside, arresting two men charged with keeping a gambling house.

The raid took place Friday night at a business on Haverford Road, where officers executed a search warrant on Oct. 3, uncovering multiple illegal gambling machines and seizing cash from the premises.

The machines were confiscated and handed over to the Florida Gaming Commission at the scene. According to arrest reports from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO), the vice unit has observed a growing number of illegal gambling establishments in Duval County.

These operations often disguise themselves under names like “internet cafes,” “adult arcades,” or “internet sweepstakes,” and sometimes have no visible signage at all, m

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