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&#163;3,000 A Bad Beat for Poker Club Owner

By launchpoker, Feb 9, 2007

The owner of the Belfast poker club raided by police a year ago has been convicted of breaking the law. Seized slot machines were destroyed, £2,000 seized by police will be given to charity, and to top it off the owner was fined £3,000. Should other poker club owners not take the hint from the punishment meted to Sean Murphy, who runs the Cavendish Club, a Crown lawyer hinted that this would be the first of many similar prosecutions.