North Carolina has banned video poker for 12 years, but now fish game tables are the new trend. According to arcade operators, they’re following state law because the money a person can win is based on skill not luck. Officials say otherwise.
May, 2019
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – An unreglulated, illegal gambling industry is still open for business and raking in money by exploiting a loophole in a decade-old state law.
“They want to call it a loophole,” said Terry Pennington, who used to own Winners World Adult Arcade in Stanley County. “I call it outsmarting the politicians.”
Pennington’s arcade, which had several video slot machines, was shut down over zoning. Officials told him he was too close to a church.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – An unreglulated, illegal gambling industry is still open for business and raking in money by exploiting a loophole in a decade-old state law.
“They want to call it a loophole,” said Terry Pennington, who used to own Winners World Adult Arcade in Stanley County. “I call it outsmarting the politicians.”
Pennington’s arcade, which had several video slot machines, was shut down over zoning. Officials told him he was too close to a church.
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