by KYW's Brad Segall
KYW Newsradio has learned that prosecutors in Montgomery County, Pa. have broken up an illegal video poker machine business that operated out of several bars in the county.
Sources tell KYW Newsradio the investigation started earlier this year with a tip from a confidential informant. Undercover police officers were sent into the bars to learn how the machines work and how they pay off.
Sources say prosecutors executed search warrants at more than a dozen bars including one owned by a prominent elected official in Montgomery County. Sources say the major player is Connelly Vending which owns the machines and at least one arrest is expected and nearly two million dollars in cash was seized along with several machines.
District Attorney Bruce Castor refused to comment on the investigation.
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