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Article: Raid infuriates social club manager
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- Winnipeg Free Press
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- June 3, 2007
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By Gabrielle Giroday
THE manager of a Corydon Avenue social club said he's furious police broke a hole in his door and removed two flat-screen televisions during a raid for illegal gaming Thursday night at the Azzurri Sport Bar.
While card playing took place at the Italian social club for the last three weeks, Vince Greco said he saw that no money was involved, the event was advertised as free, and no one working at his establishment participated in the games.
"This place has been here for eight years, and it's never had any problems," he said.
"(The police) stormed in, about 35 of them all at once, they smashed a door, ...