April, 2018
Greensboro, NC — Three Greensboro residents are accused of stealing money from a sweepstakes machine on Monday.
BURLINGTON, NC — A security officer at a sweepstakes parlor was killed during a robbery at the business Sunday.
Reidsville, NC City Council on Tuesday turned down a request to permit an internet sweepstakes business to reopen.
Frank Settle, a Stoneville native who now lives in Greensboro, filed a special use application to open an internet sweepstakes café in Unit D of Hunan Plaza, located at 1449 Freeway Drive.
Raeford, N.C. — Hoke County deputies raided two Raeford businesses on Monday afternoon and seized dozens of illegal gaming machines.
Sheriff Hubert Peterkin said he has gotten complaints from residents about Club Pond Skill Internet Cafe, at 3010 Club Pond Road, and Triple S Bingo, at 2130 U.S. Highway 401 Business. Robberies and gunfire have occurred at the businesses, he said.
WILMINGTON, NC — Video gaming laws: a confusing situation for everyone involved. A Wilmington woman won $6000 from a Pot-O-Gold machine that may be illegal and store owners could barely pay her winnings.
Despite the end of a legal truce between the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the state this Saturday, don’t expect the Tribe’s gambling money to stop flowing to Florida’s coffers, its longtime outside lawyer said.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Internet gaming cafes are all over Jacksonville. They can mean big money for customers and owners, but a deadly robbery at one Sunday night has some questioning their safety.
Several internet cafes or adult-gaming facilities have opened up shop in the city of St. Augustine, raising concerns among some in public office and law enforcement.
St. Augustine allows businesses that call themselves internet cafes, a term often used for adult gaming facilities, to get a license to operate in the city. St. Johns County does not. That could be the reason several adult-gaming facilities call the city home.
Internet cafes gained widespread negative attention in 2013 when authorities arrested dozens of people in a racketeering and money-laundering case involving St. Augustine-based Allied Veterans of the World, which ran gaming centers in Florida, according to Florida Times-Union reports. The Florida Legislature followed by banning sweepstakes rooms in 2013, and the move caused businesses that contained machines that resembled casino-style slot machines to shut down.
BOARDMAN, OH — Four people were arrested Thursday as part of an investigation into illegal gambling at two township businesses, according to a township police report and information provided by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s office.
