Tagged: internet cafes

The Ohio Senate has approved a bill to immediately halt the expansion of Internet cafes.

Ohio voters will decide the fate of the 794 storefronts, accused of selling illegal gambling…..that is, if a Youngstown state senator gets his way.

Ohio’s top cop Wednesday stepped up his drive to shut down many of the state’s internet cafes and sweepstakes stores on the grounds that they offer illegal gambling. 

The 8th Ohio District Court of Appeals has upheld the gambling convictions of six people affiliated with three Internet cafes in Cleveland.

The Ohio House has approved a bill designed to shut down the state's 800 internet cafes as illegal gambling operations.

An Ohio House panel has approved a crackdown on storefront gambling-like operations known as Internet cafes.

Some state officials think Internet cafes may be one reason why casinos are not generating as much tax-revenue as predicted.

Ohio legislators are once again debating a proposal aimed at putting thousands of internet cafes and sweepstakes storefronts out of business. At a legislative committee hearing on the bill Wednesday, Ohio’s top cop blasted the businesses as illegal gambling houses. But, as statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports, the industry and its supporters pushed back.

The Ohio House has approved a measure banning Internet cafes that offer computer games that operate like slot machines with cash prizes.