Richard Lee who finished in 6th place in the 2006 WSOP main event is under investigation for bookmaking. The investigation by the San Antonio police department had apparently been going on for a while. Early a Tuesday morning police raided his home and seized cash and other valuables and a money-counting machine! According to a police spokesman the police had expected to find gods that Lee supposedly bought with money from illegal gambling and they had patiently waited until they believed that it was worthwhile to bust into LeeÂ’s house.

Richard Lee was in fact playing a tournament at an online poker room when the police came charging into his house. Lee who is a friend of the mayor of San Antonio turned down several offers to wear branded clothes from online poker rooms in the WSOP final; instead he wore a sweatshirt with the text San Antonio to support his hometown. Lee pledge that he is innocencet, but the police who found gambling receipts worth over a half a million dollars in LeeÂ’s home says that Lee is a bookie and that there evidence to support the allegations of illegal gambling.

For the time being no one is under arrest but the investigation continues and weÂ’ll continue to report any further developments.


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