Category Archive

Legal News

People are winning — and losing — big at this hot NC arcade trend

Legal News May 24, 2019
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.

Read More

People are winning — and losing — big at this hot NC arcade trend

Legal News May 24, 2019
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.

Read More

‘Outsmarting the politicians:’ How an unregulated, illegal gambling industry is still thriving

Legal News May 20, 2019

– 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.

Read More

‘Outsmarting the politicians:’ How an unregulated, illegal gambling industry is still thriving

Legal News May 20, 2019

– 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.

Read More

Internet Sweepstakes Arcades

Legal News April 29, 2019

– An unregulated, illegal gambling industry is still cashing in, despite a decade-old law that making internet sweepstakes cafes illegal.

The insider went through the process of opening an internet sweepstakes cafe. He’s now sharing the secrets he learned from talking to the people who sell the games. Read More

Internet Sweepstakes Arcades

Legal News April 29, 2019

– An unregulated, illegal gambling industry is still cashing in, despite a decade-old law that making internet sweepstakes cafes illegal.

The insider went through the process of opening an internet sweepstakes cafe. He’s now sharing the secrets he learned from talking to the people who sell the games. Read More