Feds, state raid Playtronics Games in gambling investigation

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

A Youngstown-based company was raided by federal and state authorities executing search warrants into purported illegal gambling operations.

The 2750 Salt Springs Road business was named among 35 search warrants executed Wednesday with 30 conducted in Ohio, three in Florida and two in Georgia.

That is an address for Nannicola Inc., but the company issued a statement saying that the search was related to another company on the premises.

“There are multiple businesses that operate and hold records at 2750 Salt Springs Road ... The search warrants were related to Playtronics Games Inc. Playtronics Games Inc. provides skill-based games that are allowed under Ohio law,” it said.

“All of the games represented by Playtronics Inc. have been tested and approved for use in Ohio by an independent testing company.”

Agencies involved Wednesday afternoon included the Ohio Investigative Unit, the U.S. Secret Service, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

Other agencies from Ohio included the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, Euclid, Parma and Springfield [Clark County] police departments, as well as the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office in Florida.

Read more about the raid and the investigation in Thursday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.