Rowesville, SC: Man robbed of his earnings after a card game. (source)
Hunstville, AL: Man out on bond for a murder charge robs and molests someone at a card game. Brilliant. (source)
Norwalk, CT: One man assaults another with a bat at a card game. (source)
River Ridge, LA: A shooting at a playground may have been revenge for a card robbery last week. (source)
Newton, NC: Woman stabs her partner over a game of Spades. (source)
Lansing, MI: Man shoots gun and robs money in a dispute over a card game. (source)
Teaneck Engelwood, NJ: Two men rob a card game, killing shooting someone. (source)
Barangay Baluno, Philippines: One man stabs to death one person and wounds another at a card game. (source)
Pattaya, Thaliand: Police arrest some people playing for small stakes Dominoes. (source)
Bronx, NY: Man shoots and wounds three people, including two children, playing games on a front step. (source)
29 Aug
Posted by Yehuda Berlinger as Classic Board Games, Modern Board Games
22 Aug
Posted by Yehuda Berlinger as Card Games, CCGs, Classic Board Games
Indianapolis, IN: TCGHell reports that $50,000 worth of trading cards were stolen at Gen Con. (source)
Englewood, NJ: One man shot in the arm during a card game robbery. (source)
Brooklyn, NY: One man shoots another man dead at a dice game. (source)
Danville, VA: “Suspects” stole money from people by offering to play three card monte and then stealing the money when it was presented. (source)
Detroit, MI: Man accused of killing two people at a dice game. (source)
Haines City, FL: Police arrest men in a house for noisy illegal gambling (cards, Dominoes) and discover 29 pounds of marijuana. (source)
Phoenix, AZ: Loser in a Chess game stabs his opponent and a would-be intercessor. (source)
Pittsburgh, PA: Casino dealer fined for stealing chips at the table. (source)
New Orleans, LA: Four men shot dead during a dice game. (source)
Benguet, Philippines: Two men shot to death while playing cards. (source)
Lehigh Acres, FL: Man head butts his girlfriend over a card game. (source)
MLB is investigating Alex Rodriguez over participation in illegal card games. (source)
Portsmouth, VA: Two teens grazed by bullets at a dice game. The mother of two unattended infants at the scene was arrested for felony child abuse. (source)
Erie, PA: 10 people cited for disorderly conduct at a dice game. (source)
Macau: Seven people stole HK$24m from casinos by replacing the card shufflers with their own, and which had tiny cameras and transmitters in them. (source)
Hamilton, New Zealand: Police raid taverns hosting illegal poker games. (source)
Chicago, IL: One man shoots another at a dice game, because they were both interested in the same girl. (source) The shooter also set the other guy’s car on fire. I’m wondering what the girl thought of all this.
Manchester, UK: 72 year old former shopkeeper is playing dominoes with friends when several armed men enter and try to rob them. They refuse. After the former storekeeper is pistol-whipped, he manages to stab one of the robbers, all of whom run away. The stabbed robber subsequently dies from his wounds. The police arrest … wait for it … the former storekeeper. (source)
Raleigh, NC: Two armed men try to rob a poker game. Both of the robbers get shot, one dies. The police arrest … wait for it … the wounded robber. (source)
Jamaica, NY: Ex-NYPD officer shot dead at a dice game. (source)
Hoima, Uganda: One man strikes another to death over the card game “matatu”. Police warn others against playing tha game (I assume they mean against gambling on the game). (source) I don’t know anything about the game, but a matatu is a name for a shared taxi service in Kenya.
Yonkers, NY: Man jumps out of car and shoots to death someone playing dice. (source)
18 Jul
Posted by Yehuda Berlinger as Card Games, Classic Board Games, Modern Board Games
Alberta, MN: 17 year old kills his mother because she wanted to play Yahtzee with him. On Christmas. I kid you not. (source) His brother was also charged with helping him to store the body for four months and then bury it. On Easter.
Bacolod City, Philippines: One stabs another to death over a Tong-its game. (source)
Wichita, KS: One man shoots another at a dice game. (source)
Miami, FL (not criminal): Senior residents upset at a group of dominoes players making noise and cursing. (source)