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The 26-year-old Milton man was arrested again on Wednesday, May 29th and charged with two counts of failing to appear.
He was held for a bail hearing and has been released to appear in court Friday, July 5th.
ORIGINAL (Published on Thursday, April 4th at 12:22 p.m.)
A Milton man has been arrested in Guelph after an illegal gaming investigation.
In January, the Guelph Police Service received information from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission (OLG) about a supposed convenience store in the west end selling illegal lottery tickets. The business was reportedly associated with a website which offered games with names similar to legitimate OLG lottery games.
An investigation determined the business offered no product for sale, but had a back room where users could access lottery games via tablets. A second location in downtown Kitchener was also identified.
On Wednesday, April 3rd, search warrants were executed at both locations. Several gaming machines, tablets, lottery receipts and other offence-related property were seized.
A 26-year-old unnamed Milton man was arrested at the Guelph location and charged under the Criminal Code with keeping a common gaming house and allowing the registering of bets. He will appear in court on Friday, May 17th.
A 20-year-old Waterloo man was initially arrested on the same charges at the Kitchener location, but was released unconditionally after it was determined that he had worked at the business less than two days and believed it to be a legitimate convenience store.
The investigation is ongoing.
