CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Nueces County Commissioners held a special meeting to adopt new changes for game rooms in the Coastal Bend area.
Some changes could include a restriction in hours of operation and limiting where game rooms are allowed within county lines.
Commissioners agreed on changes Wednesday night, which include requiring armed personnel for game room security. Additionally, 130 game rooms will be allowed to operate in Nueces County. The new regulations only apply to legal game rooms who have applied to operate in the county.
One regulation that will stay the same is the maximum number of machines a game room can have, which will stay at 200 game machines.
Last month, 3News reported how a police raid at the Sweetwater Club, off of Alameda and Airline, led to four people being arrested on a variety of illegal gambling charges.
Assistant Chief, Todd Green, with the Corpus Christi Police Department Narcotics and Vice Investigations Division said they are working to crack down on illegal game room activity.
"We're hoping it sends a very clear message that if you are engaging in illegal gambling in these game rooms, which we realize there is plenty of it going on, they cease and desist," Green said.
Commissioners hope to come back and officially decide on the changes on May 11.
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