Attorney's Office:Ī federal grand jury in San Francisco has charged 15 individuals with committing racketeering, extortionate extension of credit, and narcotics offenses at and through two Bay Area casino card clubs, Artichoke Joe’s Casino and Oaks Card Club (the casinos), United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. Here's the press release about the indictment from the U.S. To read about the history of Artichoke Joe's, check out this 2007 Chronicle piece and the casino's own web site. Recently, San Bruno lost another long-time business when Lullaby Lane, which sold equipment and clothes for infants, closed after 64 years. “Artichoke Joe’s is a major business in San Bruno,” O’Leary said, adding that the casino’s closure for any length of time will have “a negative impact on the community.” “They’ve been in business in San Bruno for close to 100 years,” O’Leary said, citing the casino as a historic part of the community. The city receives revenue from the casino based on a table tax, and while O’Leary couldn’t give an exact figure he called the amount “significant.” San Bruno Administrative Services Director Jim O’Leary, whose been in the city for 12 years, said he’s never seen anything like this before. An emergency order can be issued when officials believe there are violations of state law. The state’s Attorney General through the Bureau of Gambling Control enforces the gambling laws of the state. So how long will these gambling establishments be closed? From the Examiner last night:īoth operations were served with an emergency order to close down their gambling sections, and those sections are expected to remain closed until the operations request a hearing before the gambling control commission. (Here's a KGO video report about the raid by agents yesterday.) The clubs are Artichoke Joe's Casino in San Bruno and Oaks Card Club in Emeryville. Attorney's Office for Northern California today announced an indictment of a crime ring working out of two card clubs shut down yesterday by federal agents.

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