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Machines which can be found inside gas stations and convenience stores in parts of Utah are under investigation for which some feel cross the lines into gambling. No matter how far back in history you go, establishments have found ways to either circumvent the law, or find loopholes to profit in some form of gambling. Utah man makes $8 million a year in cash from illegal gambling machines For the first time, we’re getting a look at a gambling raid performed by multiple police agencies in Salt Lake County.

For the first time, we’re getting a look at a gambling raid performed by multiple police agencies in Salt Lake County.

Police said the owner of businesses with multiple locations across the county, was making eight million dollars a year in cash—just from his gambling machines.

For months, detectives with the Millcreek Street Crimes division of Unified Police have played the slots, undercover.

“Once you enter that room, the atmosphere is dark and it feels like a casino,” said Detective Two.

Detectives learned gambling machines lined the stores of eight separate locations owned by the same man.

Each time a customer would win, they had to walk up to the cash register for a cash payout.

“We were receiving information that there were payouts of upwards to $200, $300 at a time,” said Detective One. “It became very entertaining for somebody to go to these locations and take a risk to see if they can become a winner.”

Not all customers would win.

Detective One said in his conversation with one patron, she told him she was going to those locations in hopes to win Christmas money.

“She actually spent her children’s Christmas money hoping she could get more and lost it all,” said Detective One.

The business owner, though, was winning big.

Detectives learned he was making around $23,000 in a single day. Adding up his daily totals, police said the owner was making around $8 million a year, in cash.

“Where is the money going? These are elicited funds, are they paying taxes on these?” asked Detective Two.

The owner fled police when multiple agencies raided his business locations and his residence in downtown, Salt Lake City.

“It was shocking,” said Detective Two, as he explained listening to his police radio and hearing two guns were thrown out of the business owner’s apartment window.

At least four guns, a taser, drugs and 50 gambling machines were confiscated.

“Simply owning a machine by itself is not a criminal charge,” said Detective One. “Anyone could have these machines. It’s how they operate the machines, turning it into a gambling operation.”

Sgt. Mike Mays with Unified Police said the locations where gambling machines were operating, police had increased criminal activity.

“We were seeing hand to hand drug deals,” said Mays. “We were stopping vehicles with narcotics inside the vehicle or within possession with people.”

As for the business owner, detectives are working with his attorney, asking him to turn himself in to police.

Police are investigating the owner for potential tax evasion and money laundering and said his employees could face criminal charges ranging anywhere from a Type B misdemeanor to a Felony.

SALT LAKE CITY — After months of undercover investigation, Unified Police have arrested Saif Al-Fatlawi, a man they said has been making $8 million a year in cash from gambling machines.

The Salt Lake County District Attorney’s office filed charges that include money laundering, transferring firearms and possession or use of controlled substances.

The key behind all of this though, said District Attorney Sim Gill, was the gambling machines.

“What we had here was multiple locations serving as store front, gambling establishments where the primary source of revenue really was engaging in gambling,” said Gill.

According to a probable cause statement, Al-Fatlawi is the owner of four City Corner shops across Salt Lake County.

Undercover detectives said they found gambling devices either in the basement or at the store front for each of Al-Fatlawi’s shops.

“Gambling itself is a low level offense,” said Gill.

Yet, the organized efforts often lead to more serious felony charges, like money laundering and racketeering.

Over months of undercover work, detectives learned Al-Fatlawi had machines that required cash payouts, and that his businesses were stocked solely from the cash made on the gambling machines.

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When officers seized the gambling devices in January, the probable cause statement said the cash from all locations amounted to a little more than $9,000.

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Detectives said multiple guns were thrown out the window while they were performing a search warrant on Al-Fatlawi’s apartment in downtown Salt Lake City.

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One of the guns, they believe, was stolen.

At least nine other names were listed in the statement as employees or associates of Fatlawi, who also face similar charges.

Gill said more arrests could be made.

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“While Salt Lake and Utah may seem like sleepy little state,” said Gill, “we have the same issues as some of the other metropolises, not only in violence crime, but also the gambling.”