NORTH MIAMI, Fla. – A 32-year-old woman was arrested Monday on accusations that she was running an illegal lottery from a booth inside a business in North Miami.
Yeimy Yiceth Fuentes-Zavala, of Miami, faces charges of setting up a lottery and bookmaking.
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According to her arrest report, the booth was set up inside the M&J Plus LLC convenience store, located at 1543 NW 119th St.
North Miami police said Fuentes-Zavala was the only person inside the booth conducting illegal lottery transactions with multiple customers inside the business.
“The winning numbers to this illegal lottery are determined by comparing the customer’s wagered numbers to future New York, Georgia or even Florida lotteries,” an officer wrote in her arrest report. “Customers could also wager on sporting events.”
Police said an undercover officer placed a $20 bet at the booth and received two printed out lottery tickets from Fuentes-Zavala.
According to the report, the tickets indicated that the picks were for the New York PM and Florida PM lottery drawings.
Officers later conducted a search warrant at the booth and detained Fuentes-Zavala.
Police said a search of the booth turned up illegal lottery tickets, sports betting tickets, a computer running the illegal lottery program, ticket printers, sporting/lottery payout menus and cash.
All items were impounded as evidence.
According to the report, Fuentes-Zavala invoked her rights and was not questioned by detectives.
She was then booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.