TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – The Florida Gaming Control Commission arrested Pen Arcade cashier Patrick Brown last week for various gambling charges after they searched his establishment, according to a probable cause affidavit.
The search of the arcade center found 43 stand-up slot machines and 19 classic-style CPU slot machines.(Must credit CJIS)
He was arrested by FGCC members after they conducted a search of Pen Arcade, located at 2047 West Pensacola Street, with assistance from Florida Highway Patrol and the Tallahassee Police Department.
The search of the arcade center found 43 stand-up slot machines and 19 classic-style CPU slot machines.
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The search warrant was issued after an FGCC undercover officer entered the business in July 2025 to determine if they were ”operating an illegal gambling establishment,” court records revealed.
The officer discovered a “Community Board Cash Prize” where customers who were actively playing when an alarm sounded were automatically entered to win the prize, per the affidavit.
To win the community prize, a player has to be actively gambling, and their indicator light needs to remain illuminated green during play, when a random alarm sounds. When the alarm sounds, all players with a green community prize indicator are entered into a group. The manager/cashier or the point-of-sale computer system of the establishment then chooses a random name from the group as the winner of the community prize. This is a Florida Lottery violation as per Florida state statute.
The officer wagered twenty dollars when he entered Pen Arcade, according to court records. Once the officer logged into a computer, court records said he could “select multiple pages containing different computer slot machine games.”
The officer then chose a game to play. “Once the game was loaded, the twenty dollars the UC gave the cashier showed on the screen as Sweepstakes points to bet/gamble with while playing the game,” according to the affidavit.
Court records show that Brown was the cashier on duty during the search and was positively identified by the undercover officer as the same cashier when he conducted his initial undercover operation in July 2025.
Brown was taken to the Leon County Detention Facility by TPD following his arrest.
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