赌博已经不再仅仅是老男人的游戏了，在过去十年里，女性也已经成为赌场的主要目标，而女性赌博的威力甚至影响到地下赌场，佐治亚州政府在上个周末就破获了一个这样的地下赌场。
在佐治亚州格威纳特县，警察突袭了位于一个安静街区的一处住宅。据警方称该住宅是一个专为女性服务赌博集团的赌博据点。
据官方消息，男性可以进入这处住宅，但是他们被禁止在那里赌博。在那里参与赌博的女性年龄都比较大，据邻居说，有时候可以看见一些坐加长豪华轿车的女性进入那里。
“看起来这是一个只向女性开放的组织” 格威纳特县警官杰克。史密斯说“男性可以去，但是不能赌博”
在此次突袭行动中，警方查获4台赌博机和超过15000美元现金，目前还不清楚那里是不是仅进行机器赌博或者是还有纸牌赌博。
米惠仪是这一赌博据点的幕后策划者，她已经和警方在查获的第二处据点发现的其他五位女性一起被逮捕，警方一直还在忙于努力清查是否还有其它的非法赌博据点，米惠仪在警察突袭行动的质询时坦白了第二处据点。
佐治亚是过去几年里出现的执法人员打击非法赌博的州之一，大多数情况下，这种突袭目标会是网吧，不过现在已经有超过十几起案件涉及到私人住宅用于赌博经营，大多数情况下，从事非法赌博的犯罪嫌疑人是男性，但是警方认为上周末破获的这起案件只有女性参与。
全美执法人员大力打击非法赌博行为在很大程度上要感谢如雨后春笋一般在各地涌现的合法赌场，官方希望确保赌博资金被用在受到管控的赌场而不是非法的地下赌场。
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Georgia Women’s Gambling League Ends In Six Arrests
Gambling is no longer just for old men. Women have become a major target for casinos over the past decade, and the gambling prowess of women has even spilled over into the underground world. Authorities in Georgia busted one of these locations over the weekend.
A neighborhood in Gwinnett County, Georgia, was the target of a police raid that took place at one of the homes in the quiet neighborhood. The home, according to police, was a destination that served as a gambling haven for a women’s only gambling group. According to authorities, men were allowed to enter the house, but they were forbidden to gamble. The women that were involved in the gaming operation were elderly, and sometimes, according to neighbors, the women would show up in stretch limos to the house.
”It seemed like this was a woman’s-only organization,” said Gwinnett County Police Officer Jake Smith. “Men would come, but they were not permitted to gamble.”
During the raid, officers found four gambling machines and over $15,000 in cash. It was not immediately known whether the only gambling taking place at the house was the machines, or whether card games were involved as well.
Mi Hui Yi was the mastermind behind the gaming operation, and she was arrested along with five other women that police found at a second location. Authorities have been busy trying to figure out if additional gaming locations were used for the illegal operation. Hui Yi confessed about the second location when questioned by police during the raid.
Georgia is one of the states that has seen law enforcement officials crack down on illegal gambling over the past several years. In most cases, the raids have taken place at Internet cafes, but there have been over a dozen incidents involving private house gambling operations. In most cases, men are the culprits, but authorities believe that only women were involved in the operation that was busted this week.
Law enforcement officials around the US have been breaking up illegal gaming operations thanks in large part to the legal casinos that have been popping up around country. Officials want to ensure that the gambling money in a given community is going to the regulated casinos, and not the illegal underground operations.