Birmingham, AL: One man shot dead at a dice game. (source)

Chicago, IL: Man shoots another in the ankle at a card game. The man was on parole for another aggravated assault, and the reason for the shooting is a mystery (no argument, no alcohol, and the shooter wasn’t even losing). (source)

NYC, NY: Several armed robberies of illegal Mahjong games. (source)

Chennai, India: Man killed by his friends over gambling in a card game. (source)

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Quezon City, Philippines: Drunk watchman shoots dead a street gambler. (source)

Mampang, Philippines: Woman stabs her sister over a game of Tong-its. (source)

Scranton, PA: Man sentenced to 23 months in prison for promoting a poker game. (source)

Huntington Beach, CA: Married couple, both teachers, accused of having sex with a 17 year old boy student, lured to their house with, among other things, board games. (source)

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Barangay, The Philippines: Governor’s security aide killed in an ambush while playing Mahjong. (source)

Rome, GA: Two young men rob Legends Comics of a binder of rare Magic cards (most probably worthless) using a stun gun. They are caught within an hour because one of them dropped his wallet (with id, etc) at the scene of the crime. (source)

San Francisco, CA: One man shoots another in the neck during dispute at a dice game. (source)

Houston, TX: Shootout at a card game, one injured. (source)

Rochester, NY: 71 year old man stabs his friend during a card game. Alcohol was involved. (source) Friends don’t let friends drink and game.

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St Ann, Jamaica: Three men killed when a Dominoes game is interrupted. (source)

Lockport, NY: Man busted for drug possession at a dice game. (source)

Baton Rouge, LA: Four stabbed with a box cutter at a card game. (source)

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Louisville, KY: Man assaults woman for a few hours after a card game when he believes she took his money. (source)

Tell City, IL: Man with a former sexual battery charge provides a false name and background while trying to promote a Chess club to local schools. (source)

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Baltimore, MD: 13 arrested at the Department of Transportation for drinking and gambling. (source)

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Pittsburgh, PA: Local councilman landlord beats up woman after she pours herself a shot of vodka during a board game with him. (source)

Tampa, FL: Two teens shot during a dice game. (source)

Niagara Falls, NY: Man dies after being stabbed at a card game. (source)

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Bensalem, PA:  Man busted for cheating in a card game at a casino. (source)

Shreveport, LA: One man shoots and kills someone playing Dominoes. (source)

Garfield, NJ: At least four robbers rob a coffee shop, interrupting people playing cards. (source) Armed with deadly weapons, which they used, they made off with an entire $4,000 and one of the victims recognized one of the robbers. All in all, I suggest these robbers find another line of work.

Scranton, PA: Police bust some people trying to acquire heroin that had been hidden inside travel Chess boards. (source)

Not necessarily criminal: NYC, NY: Bus carrying people back from a NJ casino flips and slips, killing 14. (source) The bus lost control when a truck swerved into it.

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Singapore: Woman busted for selling fake Monopoly games … right outside of Hasbro’s offices. (source)

Bury, UK: Man busted trying to smuggle 18 million cigarettes inside board game compendiums. (source)

Dillon, SC: Man shot to death while playing Dominoes at a nightclub. (source)

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International: 47 people indicted on casino scam ring involving card games. (source)

Marianna, FL: Man robbed by two guys after playing a dice game. (source)

Chicago, IL: 38 year-old man shot on his way to a dice game. (source)

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