I think it's about time. Those places are a blight on society. It will be interesting to see how soon the state starts shutting these places down due to the sheer number of locations.

12/14/2012 4:22:38 PM

Is this ^ a serious post or a joke post? I can't tell.

12/14/2012 5:27:15 PM

Why would it be a joke post?

Hopefully they will go they way of Pay Day Loans in NC.

12/14/2012 5:41:35 PM

Yeah these things are a big problem, I'm glad they were banned.

12/14/2012 6:00:39 PM

gambling is bad




unless it's state-run

12/14/2012 6:42:36 PM

methinks my people will make a killing

12/14/2012 7:34:59 PM

Just go gamble at bingo parlor... Er I mean support a charity

12/14/2012 7:56:48 PM

Is this the same as the Internet sweepstakes all over eastern nc?

12/15/2012 8:47:29 AM

what are video sweepstakes? all i'm getting on google are articles talking about laws but not really going into what they are.

12/15/2012 11:11:17 AM

you buy "internet access time" at the "internet cafe". but it's really just a slot machine on a computer. you gamble with your "internet time" and lose it or win more internet time. you cash out whenever you want.

12/15/2012 11:35:05 AM

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"Just go gamble at bingo parlor... Er I mean support a charity "

sweepstakes parlors are generally shit-holes, and you never see someone pulling a gun at a bingo event.

12/15/2012 1:13:27 PM

lol, if true, bad news for this place:

http://www.royalpalacetheatre.com/

Someone just spent mega bucks re-doing that place and added hundreds of nice looking machines.

12/15/2012 3:30:13 PM

didn't the state pay for that?

12/15/2012 6:28:21 PM

^that's kinda what it looks like

12/15/2012 7:42:18 PM

State prob realized poor/stupid people were dumping all their welfare dollars into these sweepstakes places rather than the scratch-off tickets at the quick-e-mart. Must ban!

12/15/2012 7:51:36 PM

Quote :

"State prob realized poor/stupid people were dumping all their welfare dollars into these sweepstakes places rather than the scratch-off tickets at the quick-e-mart. Must ban!"

good call!

12/17/2012 12:25:47 AM

Sure it's low on the agenda, would love for the state lotto to be voted out now. So fucking shady how it was passed before, and the reason I would never vote for a Democrat on the state level again.

12/22/2012 11:37:11 PM

Do they have live cards out at Cherokee yet?

12/23/2012 5:12:45 AM

Yes

12/23/2012 11:17:42 AM

I never understood how computing gambling is "less taboo" than live card games.
With computers one could program the unit to give worse odds than what inherently would occur in a live game.

12/27/2012 10:51:01 AM

my uncle is a boss hog type motherfucker in Asheboro. he's been running those machines for like 50 years in backrooms of every little redneck shack within the entire state. making shit illegal without solid enforcement strategy just shifts the profit from the middle class to the corrupt.

12/28/2012 11:31:33 PM

i live in asheboro and these things are EVERYwhere seems like every business that goes under winds up turning into a sweepstakes place. I guess it's a good thing because they're taking up most of teh abandoned buildings in the region but it definitely is a parasite on the poor, but that's no different than the lottery and honestly it's probably less shady than the lotto.

1/1/2013 9:49:48 AM