Toronto city staff are investigating an illegal gambling ring involving seniors playing low stakes euchre at community centres.

They told the seniors to lower the buy-in for the games from $1.25 to 25 cents as they investigate.

However, Mayor John Tory is calling them the ‘anti-fun police’ and order them to stand down.

Tory says he’s sure that if there’s any danger of ‘Las Vegas-style gambling breaking out en masse’ in community centres, the city will know about it.

He says there are more important issues to deal with in Toronto, so the Parks and Recreation department should reinstate the higher buy-in and just let the seniors play.

We should be doing everything possible to ensure our community centres are welcoming places for everyone, especially our seniors. Getting together and doing things like playing euchre will keep seniors happier and healthier. — John Tory (@JohnTory) August 9, 2019