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A gambling ring on the citys Southside didnt pay off for the alleged operator, according to a Corpus Christi Police news release.

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An extensive, long-term investigation into illegal gambling led to a search warrant being executed at a home in the 5400 block of Sugar Creek Drive about 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, 2017.(Photo: Contributed photo/Corpus Christi police)

A gambling ring on the citys Southside didnt pay off for the alleged operator, according to a Corpus Christi Police news release.

An extensive, long-term investigation into illegal gambling led to a search warrant being executed at a home in the 5400 block of Sugar Creek Drive about 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, 2017.

Inside the home narcotics and vice investigators found more than 30 slot machines, referred to as eight-liners, and about $5,000 in cash, a news release states.

During the investigation police learned the game room was paying out sizeable cash rewards to customers who played the machines in violation of state law.

Although the operator had taken significant precautions to disguise the illegal operation, which was being run from a home in a quiet residential neighborhood officers received enough information during the investigation to uncover the gambling ring, according to the release.

Two people were arrested in connection with the gambling operation. They were not booked into Nueces County Jail as of 6 p.m., according to a jail official.

The investigation is ongoing, police said.

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