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Topic: illegal gambling

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Sunday, 6/28, 03:38 AM

Hostage Call Leads LAPD to an Illegal Gambling Operation in Koreatown; 27 Detained

A 911 report of an armed man holding a hostage sent Los Angeles police into a Koreatown building early Saturday — where, instead of a kidnapping, officers found an illegal gambling operation and detained 27 people.

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