COURTESY HPD
An illegal game room in Kakaako near Waimanu Street was raided by HPD in 2021.
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An idea regarding illegal game rooms in Hawaii: Perhaps they could be easily eliminated if a system were set up whereby people could securely report such activity and then receive 50% of any money collected by police when they raid the game room.
I suspect that anyone who knows about such rooms would be more than happy to reap a windfall simply by reporting them. And those who run them would be afraid to continue, knowing that anyone who knows about the gambling dens might file a report.
Roger Garrett
Moiliili
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