{"id":373011,"date":"2026-06-24T13:43:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/373011\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T13:43:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:43:49","slug":"3-illegal-slot-machines-confiscated-from-bakersfield-mini-mart-bpd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/373011\/","title":{"rendered":"3 illegal slot machines confiscated from Bakersfield mini-mart: BPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 Law enforcement with the Bakersfield Police Department\u2019s Vice Unit responded to a report of illegal gambling in the city which resulted in BPD confiscating several items.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bakersfield police were called to the Golden Mini-Mart located at 1319 Golden State Ave., on Tuesday, June 23, at 9:15 a.m., regarding a complaint of illegal gambling in the store.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"139\" height=\"82\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/883f1939bfa3afa82d52c08ae79bcc9d.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During BPD\u2019s investigation, officers seized three illegal gambling machines, along with 517 flavored tobacco and vape products that are illegal under California law and \u201cU.S. currency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One of the employees at the business was ticketed for the possession and\/or control of an illegal slot machine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anyone with information regarding the case or about other suspected illegal gambling operations is encouraged to contact the Bakersfield Police Department at 661-327-7111.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 Law enforcement with the Bakersfield Police Department\u2019s Vice Unit responded to a report of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152,324,151218,72272],"class_list":["post-373011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-bakersfield-police-department","tag-flavored-tobacco","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}