OCEANSIDE -- An Internet cafe that police allege was operating illegal gambling games had been under an investigation since December, according to a search warrant obtained by the North County Times.

Oceanside police and agents from the state Department of Justice raided Lucky Bob's Internet Cafe on Mission Avenue on June 26 as part of an investigation that included seven other locations. An agent with the state Attorney General's office said no links have been established among the various businesses.

As part of the probe, an undercover detective visited the Oceanside cafe.

Sgt. Kelan Poorman, a spokesman for Oceanside police, said Monday that no one connected to Lucky Bob's has been arrested and that the case had been forwarded to the District Attorney's office.

Calls to Lucky Bob's Internet Cafe on Monday were not returned. No one was inside the business and appeared to be closed Monday morning.

Police seized $3,292 in cash from a safe and registers at Lucky Bob's last month, according to court documents related to the search warrant. Police also took computers, player's cards, electronic card readers, advertising documents and business related documents, according to the search warrant.

In California, only American Indian tribes that have signed an agreement with the state are allowed to operate Las Vegas-style gambling, such as slot machines and video poker. Tribal gaming lobbyist David Quintana said he was pleased by the law enforcement effort against the Internet cafes.

"We are very satisfied with the actions that the attorney general took and in the manner that they did," said Quintana.

Oceanside police Detective Brent Keys started visiting the business undercover in December. Keys wrote in an affidavit filed to obtain the search warrant that a source told police that "possible illegal drug transactions were occurring in and around the business." He also wrote that the business was possibly operating illegal games.

While he was undercover, Keys purchased a player's card that allowed him to play various games on computer terminals, including slots, poker and Keno, according to the affidavit.

"Each of the games allowed me to bet various amounts as I played," according to the affidavit. "Depending on the available games offered, you are able to select how much you would like a credit to be worth."

After three different visits, the detective said he cashed out his players card in late April -- meaning that he was given cash for the credit that was still available in the card, according to the affidavit.

Keys wrote that he again visited Lucky Bob's on May 8 and saw employees giving champagne to customers. Robert Kurbis, who told the detective he owned Lucky Bob's, was cited for providing alcoholic beverages to customers without having an alcohol license, according to Keys' statement.

Undercover agents also entered establishments in Stockton and San Diego and played various Las Vegas-style slot machines and gambling games on computer terminals, the attorney general's office said last month.

In San Diego, the five locations raided by police were Cafe Hong Hung, '08 Wireless, Cafe 2000, Phnom Penh Video and '05 Billiards. Police arrested two people, confiscated 31 video slot machines and seized more than $11,000, San Diego San Diego police said.

In Stockton, agents raided the Lucky Deja Vu Internet Cafe and Deja Vu topless bar and seized 98 computer terminals, two computer servers, money machines, business records and more than $4,000 in cash.

Call staff writer Edward Sifuentes at 760-740-3511.