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21 May
Posted by Yehuda Berlinger as Card Games, Classic Board Games, Modern Board Games
Peoria, IL: Four carnival workers bilk victims of $2,500 in rigged dice gaming scheme. (source)
Maquoketa, IA: Two prison inmates get into fisticuffs over a Monopoly game. Says the reporter, “There was no indication whether the Monopoly dispute was over a Get Out of Jail Free card.” Ha ha. (source)
Tri-Cities, WA: Richland man arrested for reckless driving and possessing stolen property, including a stolen board game (what, he was planning on hocking it or playing it?). (source)
Ann Arbor, MI: Man charged with assault after threatening woman at card game with a knife. (source) (This source also reports that a game console and several games were stolen at a break in somewhere else on the same night.)
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