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The Department of Internal Affairs says illegal gambling dens have been using predatory loans to ensnare vulnerable people.
In some cases, people were forced to give up their cars and homes, while others had to to sell drugs for the organisers.
It comes after the DIA launched several raids on poker dens across Auckland, seizing poker tables, chips, cash and cryptocurrency.
The venues in Albany,
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