Reported by "Loose Passive" at 2p2:
Twenty poker players at a home in San Mateo County's Eichler Highlands had their weekly tournament interrupted Saturday afternoon by police breaking up an illegal gambling operation under surveillance for several months, authorities said.
Two people - Cutberto Cardenas of San Mateo and Patricia Kathleen McCoy of Burlingame -were arrested as part of the mid-afternoon raid on the home, located in the 1600 block of Lexington Avenue, according to a report from the San Mateo County Sheriff's Department.
A team of deputy sheriffs and agents with the California Department of Justice used a search warrant to enter the house and seize three poker tables, playing chips, playing cards and $1,300 in cash as evidence of an illegal gambling operation, according to the report.
The Sheriff's Department began watching the home three months ago after several neighbors complained about weekly parking problems and people going in and out of the house. A background check on the house's residents led officers to a Web site advertising weekly poker games. The Web site was used to lure "unwitting" participants to the tournaments, which required a $25 to $55 buy-in with an extra $5 "refreshment" fee, according to the report.
A 13-year-old who was in the home at the time of search warrant was taken into custody by San Mateo County Child Protective Services.
Cardenas was charged with fraudulently obtaining money under false pretenses and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. McCoy was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor, according the report. Both were later released on bail.
A financial investigation continues.
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