Fukuoka Prefectural Police arrest Domoto and others who opened poker gambling in an apartment

Fukuoka Prefectural Police announced on the 4th that they had arrested Hayato Tada (32), an unemployed man from Ota-cho, Kokura Kita-ku, Kitakyushu City, on charges of gambling for profit, etc., for having a customer gamble on poker in a room in an apartment building. It is believed that he was earning tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of yen a day as a domoto.

Also arrested was Kaito Ohira (32), a flower shop employee from Toyotsu, Miyako Town, on suspicion of gambling for profit. Ryuji Kinoshita (26), unemployed, Konyamachi, Kokura Kita Ward, Shingo Takagi (27), unemployed, Kitakata 3, Kokuraminami Ward, and Hiroki Okuda (23), self-employed, Kanda Town District, were charged with aiding and abetting the same suspects. Six customers were also arrested on suspicion of gambling. Prefectural police have not disclosed whether the suspects, Tada and others, admitted or denied the crime.

Tada and Ohira were arrested on charges that between September 25, 2025 and May 8 of this year, they opened a gambling hall in a rented apartment in Shinozaki 1, Kokura Kita Ward, 29 times and forced customers to gamble on poker. Kinoshita and Takagi acted as facilitators as dealers, while Okuda rented the room knowing it would be used for gambling. [Toshimi Tsuyoshi]