Businesses question fees for Internet cafes (Fayetteville Observer)

Businesses question fees for Internet cafes (Fayetteville Observer)

A lawyer says Fayetteville’s “oppressive” fees on sweepstakes lounges are designed to close them and might be challenged in court.

“You can’t tax something out of existence,” said Lonnie Player Jr., a Fayetteville lawyer representing owners of the lounges.
The city intends to charge each owner a “privilege license” of […]

2017-05-24T08:56:25+00:00July 21st, 2010|
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NC Legislature passes ban on Internet sweepstakes (Associated Press)

NC Legislature passes ban on Internet sweepstakes (Associated Press)

RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Legislature voted Wednesday to attempt to make clear again that a 2006 ban on video poker also applies to computer-based sweepstakes games found at businesses inside strip malls and old storefronts statewide.

In an 86-27 vote that gave final passage to the […]

2010-07-12T10:12:57+00:00July 12th, 2010|
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