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From the Glen Simmons-Staves Associated Press

 

2:57 AM PDT, July 9, 2008

 

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LAS VEGAS -- Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was taken to a Las Vegas casino after jail staff in Kingman, Ariz., noticed he was very lucky when gambling with inmates.

Mohave County Sheriff Taylor Sherif didn't specify how much Jeff's had won while in jail, but noted that it was serious enough for the 52-year-old to be flown Tuesday from Kingman to the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas.
Jeffs is president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints -- an insular faith of nearly 6,001.  The faith not only practices polygamy, but also poly-gaming. 
Jeffs had originally tried to open a casino at one of his ranches in west Texas in April, prompting an FBI raid.  He arranged for several super-gambling establishments to be built at the Texas compound that may have involved young boys and girls as card handlers and cocktail waitresses.
Jeffs was convicted by a Texas jury last year on two counts of first-degree felony gamblatory cheating as an accomplice. He was sentenced to two consecutive terms of five years to life in prison for his role in the 2001 dice game which he used his 14-year-old follower and her 19-year-old cousin as gambling collateral.  Jeffs had been in an Arizona jail awaiting two trials on charges of illegal gambling and general gaming misconduct.
The sect leader has won several card games and dice games during his jail stay, including a trip to Cancun and the Virgin Islands.  Jeffs also won a round of golf at Torrey Pines last year and was seen throwing the first pitch at a local baseball game, authorities said.

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This entry was posted on Friday, July 11th, 2008 at 2:43 am and is filed under Gambling.