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Burlington NC police give internet cafes 1 month
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. Over 18 months, Burlington police analyzed crime in the city and...
Belleview City Commission Restricts Internet Cafe Operations
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...
Alleged internet gambling cafe raided in Tavares
TAVARES, Fla. - Tavares police raided an internet gambling café Monday afternoon, seizing cash and computers. Police served a warrant at “Dreamers” along South Duncan Drive in the Dora Canal Plaza off State Road 19. Police said they’re tired of these businesses...
Dozens indicted after internet cafe sting
ELYRIA — Several individuals were indicted on charges in connection with last month’s raids of internet cafes throughout Lorain County. 10 secret indictments in connection to the raids were unsealed, according to court documents. Audrey Cole, 45, of Stow; Roscoe...
New fish game rules in Davidson county NC
Whether it is legal to own and operate “games of skill” is still ambiguous on the state level, but some local leaders have decided to go ahead and prohibit these electronic gaming businesses often referred to as “fish-table” games. The City of Lexington recently...
Lawmakers look to crack down on sweepstakes machines
RALEIGH, NC The state House is trying to beef up penalties for illegal sweepstakes operations, but it's unclear if the Senate will consider the bill just days before the scheduled end of lawmakers' session. The House Finance Committee on Tuesday morning introduced a...
Ohio internet cafes raided in illegal gambling investigation
Local internet cafes were raided throughout Lorain County Wednesday as part of a coordinated investigation by a host of state and local agencies. Law enforcement, including Lorain, Amherst and Sheffield police, Lorain County Sheriff’s deputies, the Ohio Department of...
Five internet cafes went down in Marion County FL
MARION COUNTY, Fla. The Unified Drug Enforcement Strike Team executed search warrants after an investigation revealed illegal activity going on inside of five different internet cafes in Marion County. Meghan Shay who’s the spokesman for the force said, "UDEST is...
Accused leader of gambling ring denies ownership of businesses
FAYETTEVILLE, NC The alleged mastermind of an illegal gambling enterprise denies any involvement even as he prepares to begin serving an 18-month sentence in federal prison. In an interview earlier this week, Kiet Vo, 50, of Fayetteville, denied involvement in the...
Farmville ends exception for internet cafés
FARMVILLE — New internet sweepstakes cafés will no longer be allowed within the city limits of Farmville. The Farmville Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on Monday to amend its town ordinance that allowed internet cafés as a special exception in the highway...
Multiple skill games businesses searched
The U.S. Treasury Office of Inspector General, Secret Service and Casino Commission were on joint “official business” at various locations. Several federal law enforcement agencies, assisted by the Ohio Casino Control Commission, conducted searches Wednesday at...
Video sweepstakes crackdown planned in Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem law enforcement agencies say they are preparing to crack down on video sweepstakes halls that violate a state gaming ban, with nearly 200 machines targeted to be shut down by the end of the month. That number could change, however, as officials continue...
Police Cracking Down On ‘Fish Table Games’ in Greensboro
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. GREENSBORO, N.C. – Investigators are...
Electronic gaming parlors returning to Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Businesses around Charlotte may be finding a way to bring back electronic games with cash payouts. Several years ago, sweepstakes parlors across the state were busted after a ban on them went all the way to the State Supreme Court. Now they may...
Tax and regulate video sweepstakes to benefit schools
Gov. Roy Cooper is at loggerheads with state lawmakers over teacher pay and school funding. Senate leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore unveiled the 2018-19 budget plan Monday, pledging an average 6.5 percent raise for public school teachers, a 6.9 percent...
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3 Greensboro residents accused of stealing from Davidson County sweepstakes business
Greensboro, NC — Three Greensboro residents are accused of stealing money from a sweepstakes machine on Monday. Monoletia Rahmont Davis, 38, of 1521 Bridford Parkway Apt. 15J; Michael Antwan Cheek, 32, of 1007 Pineland St. Apt. B; and Angela Marie Stallings,...
Security officer killed during robbery of sweepstakes parlor in Burlington
BURLINGTON, NC — A security officer at a sweepstakes parlor was killed during a robbery at the business Sunday. At 9:19 p.m., police, fire and EMS went to Gone Fishing Sweepstakes, which is in the rear of the A1 Pawn building at 1365 N. Church St., in response...
Reidsville says ‘No Go’ to rebirth of Skill Arcade
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...
Deputies raid Hoke Internet Cafe, take all gambling machines
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...
