N.C. Senate approves Internet sweepstakes ban

Comment #13

rdgrnr — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:06:25 GMT

Very well put, Val. Excellent defense.

You should put that in your state's biggest newspaper's opinion section so your voice is heard and the word gets out.

Comment #12

Val444 — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:13:49 GMT

I am a single mother who manages one of these locations. Its bc of this job that I do not need welfare in any form or fashion to assist my daughter and myself with our everyday living expenses. The media (and our government) is over-hyping the supposed negative effects of our business centers. As a manager and employee I have many many customers that come in our establishment to purchase Internet time and file their weekly unemployment claims. I have assisted many customers in preparing their re... [ More ]

Comment #11

rdgrnr — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:57:20 GMT

The games will be back as soon as they (the politicians) find a way to make money off of them without hurting existing lottery sales.

They don't give a rat's @ss about all the other reasons and considerations they came up with. It's all about the money.

There's obviously a big market for these games and the pols never shy away from people who want to throw money around.

Now is the time for palm greasing and back room deals by the promoters and figuring out the confiscation rate by the p... [ More ]

Comment #10

Tenaj — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:17:44 GMT

If you do a history of video game crime in Charlotte NC, you will see that it were police officers who ran them and got busted for it. They are still underground. They are just protecting their profits. Such hypocrites.

Comment #9

Kobra — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:15:05 GMT

i do like them, but at the same time a part of me wants them to ban them so i'll have one less thing i can waste my money on

Comment #8

JordanT1021 — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:12:26 GMT

leave them alone, but as of now these places don't pay taxes..

I hear they might tax each computer as an assest or something like that.. I know in Archdale, NC - Archdale passed a town law they each sweepstakes places can only have a maximum of 20 computers for each location and each computer must have a parking spot for each computer..

Comment #7

JordanT1021 — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:09:43 GMT

true true....

I personally just don't like them, but you are correct Kobra..

Comment #6

Kobra — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:48:01 GMT

lol thats a joke... those same people who dont have money to be spending in internet cafes are only going to resort to what.....??? thats right you guessed it THE NORTH CAROLINA EDUCATION LOTTERY. so with that being said do you think they need to ban the lottery as well???

Dont let these jokers fool you. im pretty sure they only banned internet gambling when the lottery rolled around. and now that you have these sweepstake places every where, and they are booming, the lottery is losing money.... [ More ]

Comment #5

dpoly1 — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:15:39 GMT

OK for NC - I guess ?

I only want a Powerball win on Wednesday !

PA needs a winner

Comment #4

wpb — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:41:11 GMT

I think they should leave them alone. If you don't want to play them don't. Crime in Charlotte and all of North Carolina will not go away whether the game are here or not. It is a personal choice. Who can say that people are taking money for food and playing these game? Who can say people are taking money for food to play Pick 3. I think the State should spend more time in looking at what they are spending. They waste a lot of money in my opinion. Just my two cent worth.

Comment #3

JordanT1021 — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:42:50 GMT

i am glad nc passed this law.. too many people who don't have the money to spend, spend money on this when they should be buying food for their families..

i am sure they will try to get this law stopped and it will take up to six months for it to final pass and get these stupid machines out of out state...

my boss should be happy now b/c his wife goes to these places for hours a day

Comment #2

Raven62 — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:23:50 GMT

Once again the Elected Officials of NC demonstrate that they are Not in Touch with what the Residents of the State Want

Comment #1

Scott311 — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:08:12 GMT

This is good news! I live in N.C. and these machines bring crime.

N.C. Senate approves Internet sweepstakes ban

Lottery Post — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:40:29 GMT

Includes video report

The North Carolina Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation Monday to shutter hundreds of new businesses that bill supporters argue are offering just another form of illegal video poker where people buy phone or Internet time, then play games on computer screens to win cash and prizes.

By a vote of 47-1, the chamber continued its long history of opposing video gambling, this time through electronic and computer-based devices springing up at new sweepstakes cafes o... [ More ]