Kids Charged with Gambling at School...flipping Quarters

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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>They're only 12 and 15-years-old, but police say two Greenville Middle Academy students gambled on school grounds. One of the parents tells FOX Carolina, he thinks the arrests go too far.
Police say they were caught flipping. That's when you throw a coin against the wall. The person who throws the coin that lands closest to the wall gets whatever is in the pot. It's considered gambling and that's what those kids are charged with.
Right across the street from Patty Lovetro's house, is Greenville Middle Academy, where her son and daughter are in school. It didn't take long before she found out about Tuesday's alleged gambling incident.
"We were wondering, were they flipping cards, coins? We don't know what flipping is."
She now knows flipping is considered an illegal form of gambling. A teacher says she caught a 12-year-old and 15-year-old student flipping in the middle of class. Police say a resource officer had warned them, they would be arrested if they did it again. They were arrested, after the teacher claims the 15-year-old tried to challenge her.
"I was surprised, because I didn't think anything like that was going on over there. I thought kids would be too busy for that."
One of the student's parents didn't want to talk on camera, but described his son as an honor student. He was surprised and shocked. And also saddened by the fact that it came down to an arrest. He believes it should have been handled within school doors.
Lovetro understands why the boys had to be charged.
"We've all done something, but I think mainly it's a behavior thing. If someone tells you to stop it at school, you should stop it."
Another form of flipping, calling heads or tails, and the winner takes the jackpot. The father I spoke with says the arraignment is scheduled for Tuesday.

man I used to be good at that !!!!

hahahah...me too....we used to flip dollars in the air and call odds and evens...

I had a knack at folding that dollar.

One kid ran outta money so I took all his pens.

We shot quarters all right-into glasses of beer

(just not in school)

TTinCO said:

We shot quarters all right-into glasses of beer

(just not in school)

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Word.

It Is Good To See Priorities Being Kept In Order
Kids Being Shot In School
Drug Abuse Rampant
KIds Being Physically,Vebally And Sexually Harrassed And Abused In Schools.
I Am Glad To See The End Of The Quarters And If Convicted I Feel Incarceration Is The Proper Punishment.
Stop The Quarters And The Rest Will Fall Into Place

i got suspended for this when i was in junior high....8th grade i think

We use to call it matching...'wanna match'? could be heard all over the halls before homeroom in middle school....what a rush risking that lunch money was.

"A teacher says she caught a 12-year-old and 15-year-old student flipping in the middle of class. Police say a resource officer had warned them, they would be arrested if they did it again. They were arrested, after the teacher claims the 15-year-old tried to challenge her. "

:lolBIG:

This kid will be a future RX capper with 25 Unit Locks :missingte

we never flipped quarters in high school,we flipped cars

Kids bring guns to school, curse out teachers, fight, drink, do drugs, there are beatings, and killings, and rapes, and we are worried about fucking kids flipping quarters. Holy crap. I need another one after reading this :drink:

We also did that in junior high (shop class), but we called it "pitching". We had our own version of "flipping" where we played odd man wins. Three guys flip quarters and if two have heads and the other has tails or two have tails and the other has heads he wins. I can remember many times walking out class with alot of extra 'spare change'.

Arrested?!?!?! Whatever happened to detention? Im gonna go throw up now

Poker King Jim said:

Arrested?!?!?! Whatever happened to detention? Im gonna go throw up now

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I wonder what they would have given me for playing Rock,paper scissors for .50 cent a pop like I did back in school but at this time???