YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Do video machines distributed by a Youngstown company provide people with skill-based entertainment, or are they a form of illegal gambling?

The answer to that question may be at the heart of raids conducted by state and federal agents in Youngstown and 33 other locations in three states.

Secret Service Agents, as well as law enforcement personnel with the Ohio Investigative Unit, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation conducted the searches in Ohio, Florida and Georgia on Wednesday.

30 of the search warrants were executed in Ohio, including offices at 2750 Salt Springs Road in Youngstown.

21 News was at the address on Wednesday when agents could be seen removing boxes from the building.

According to bingo supplier Nannicola Distributing which has offices in the building, the address also houses other businesses, including video game distributor, Playtronics Games, Inc.

According to a message attributed only to a “cnannicola” email address, the search warrants were related to the Playtronics business.

Nannicola says that Playtronics provides skill-based games allowed under Ohio Law and have been tested and approved for use in Ohio by an independent company.

According to the Nannicola website, the company is one the largest distributors of charitable gaming and fundraising products in the United States.

The Ohio Investigative Unit issued a statement saying that the case is part of an on-going investigation that began in 2013, when OIU, the Secret Service and the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office began looking into those responsible for manufacturing, importing, distributing and operating illegal video slot machines.

That earlier investigation resulted in the conviction of the owner of a Wisconsin company that supplied thousands of video slot machines to bars, restaurants and other businesses throughout Ohio.

Those charges included attempted money laundering, possessing criminal tools and misdemeanor counts of gambling.

The prosecution of that case was led by Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty.

If McGinty's name sounds familiar, you might know him as the force behind the Oakhill corruption case.

McGinty is prosecuting Youngstown Mayor John McNally, former Mahoning County Auditor Mike Sciortino, and attorney Martin Yavorcik, who are accused of lying in order to cover up an alleged plot to prevent Mahoning County from moving some county offices out of a building owned by the Cafaro Company.

The 29 other locations searched in Ohio on Wednesday included 16 liquor establishments in the Springfield, Ohio area, which is located between Dayton and Columbus.

Four Cuyahoga County establishments were searched and two others in Lake County.

During those searches, agents seized 148 electronic video gambling devices and filed a total of 525 administrative charges against the 22 Ohio liquor permits. The statement from the Ohio Investigative Unit does not name the seven other locations searched in Ohio.

The administrative charges against the liquor establishments include knowingly permitting public gambling; keeper of the place; operating an electronic gambling machine.

The Ohio Investigative Unit says that criminal charges will be filed at later date, as law enforcement agencies continue their investigation.

“Electronic video gambling machines are illegal in Ohio,” said OIU Enforcement Commander Eric Wolf. “These companies set the odds and often times the Ohio citizens lose.”

Authorities say that after all pending criminal proceedings are completed; agents will present the administrative charges to the Ohio Liquor Control Commission.

If the commission finds the liquor permit premises violated Ohio's administrative rules, they have the authority to issue penalties, such as fines, suspensions or revocations.