A private poker game has cost a 37-year-old Canadian more than he bargained for following a late-night police raid.

A 37-year-old from British Columbia, Canada, has been fined CA$3,000 for hosting a private poker game. (Image: Lake Country Calendar)

Officers stormed the unnamed man’s home at 1am after receiving an anonymous tipoff. Upon entering the property in Kamloops, British Columbia, they found a group of people playing poker.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Superintendent Syd Lecky said the man was fined CA$3,000 for breaching COVID-19 guidelines.