Gambling Prohibition Duvall County TX

From Grits For Breakfast:

The fallacy of prohibition: Gambling edition
An Austin Statesman story today by Patrick George quotes police decrying "light penalties" for business operating eight-liner gambling machines, calling for harsher punishments and stricter city ordinances aiming to drive them further underground. However, Duval County received 9% of its annual budget from fees paid by eight-liner operations.

But there's a small catch...Of course the machines are illegal ...

Grits For Breakfast

As a follow-up, there was a murder at what was called an "arcade" but is really an eight-liner parlor in East Austin. The suspect may not face chafes due to self-defense. Here's an article from today's Statesman by the same journalist in the previous article:

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/light-penalties-elusive-owners-mean-police-struggl/nSPb4/