'800,000 Won Pot' Hwatu-Playing Neighborhood Elders... Police Say "It's Illegal"

Under Investigation for Gambling Venue Operation Charges

Village residents who played Go-Stop gambling with stakes worth hundreds of thousands of won were arrested in large numbers.

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The Gangwon Yeongwol Police Station announced on the 20th that they have detained and are investigating 11 people, including Mr. A (83), on charges of operating a gambling space.

The arrested individuals are residents in their 60s to 80s living in the village or nearby cities adjacent to Yeongwol. They are suspected of gathering at Mr. A's house the previous day and gambling with stakes totaling 790,000 won. Additionally, it was confirmed that four of them were among the 18 people caught four days earlier at Mr. A's house playing Go-Stop with stakes worth hundreds of thousands of won.

The police arrested Mr. A and others as caught-in-the-act suspects, investigated them, and then released them. They plan to investigate whether any other gambling activities took place.

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