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DETROIT, Mich. – An Ingham County Circuit Court jury on Sept. 21 convicted a 46-year-old Muskegon man of conducting an unlicensed and illegal gambling operation in Muskegon two years ago. The felony charge was filed in 2016 following a joint investigation by the Michigan Attorney General’s Office, Muskegon County Sheriff’s Department and Michigan Gaming Control Board.

The owner of the Triple Cherries Internet Cafe could face a 10-year prison sentence and/or a maximum $100,000 on the felony charge.

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SPRING HILL FLORIDA – It’s game over for the owners of an internet café engaged in illegal gambling, according to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office.

Investigators say the business was giving out cash payments to customers for their winnings. Illegal gambling is a problem that officials say is becoming more common.

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LANSING – Five women face felony charges in connection with an alleged illegal gambling operation that ran under a false storefront in South Lansing.

One of the women — Li Hua Deng — owned and managed the casino, according to court testimony from Special Agent James May, an investigator for Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette’s office. Deng allegedly hired the other women.

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MUSKEGON, Mich. (WOOD) — A business owner faces up to a decade in prison for setting up an illegal gambling operation at his Muskegon internet café.

An Ingham County jury last week found 49-year-old James Scott Postema guilty of conducting an unlicensed and illegal gambling operation at Triple Cherries Internet Café LLC, located at 1930 Apple Ave.

The Michigan Gaming Control Board says authorities raided Postema’s business and Muskegon home in August 2016, taking money, bank and credit union account information, money orders and computer equipment tied to the illegal operation.

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The incident took place at the Lucky Lady Internet Cafe at 5713 SE Abshier Blvd. at 1:52 a.m. Sunday.

BELLEVIEW – An internet cafe here was the scene of a shooting and an attempted robbery early Sunday, according to officials with the Belleview Police Department.

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That’s how much time sweepstakes businesses have to shut down before Burlington’s fully-enforced ban on the the gambling games goes into effect.

Burlington police announced the decision Tuesday.

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Internet cafes soon will no longer have free reign in Belleview.

Inside Belleview City Hall on Tuesday evening, Mayor Christine Dobkowski and members of the Belleview City Commission voted 5-0 to approve a new city ordinance that will regulate how internet cafes are allowed to operate within city limits. Read More