Investigators are starting to crack down on businesses that operate “fish games,” large scale table-mounted video games that pay cash rewards to players, after a pattern of violent crimes associate with the businesses.
Investigators are starting to crack down on businesses that operate “fish games,” large scale table-mounted video games that pay cash rewards to players, after a pattern of violent crimes associate with the businesses.
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) –
Businesses around Charlotte may be finding a way to bring back electronic games with cash payouts.
Wilson County commissioners are pausing the permit process while county officials write an ordinance amendment to better define and regulate sweepstakes and electronic gaming centers.
Gov. Roy Cooper is at loggerheads with state lawmakers over teacher pay and school funding.
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.