CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Sheriff's deputies and ABC officers are showing the public what they think of video poker.
The two agencies teamed up with Mecklenburg County Waste Services to trash more than 80 video poker machines Thursday morning.
Deputies say video poker can have a devastating effect on local families and can also contribute to organized crime in the area.
"I ask for the help of the legislators to help us deal with this growing cancer on our state and a crime issue that is growing in North Carolina,” said Sheriff Jim Pendergraph. ”I hope the legislature will help us ban theses machines in North Carolina. If there has ever been organized crime this is it and it meets the definition of organized crime."
The machines were confiscated over the last year during raids on homes and businesses. In the past two years, authorities have seized more than 400 video poker machines and have made more than 90 arrests.
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