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Offline consolegamer

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Internet Sweepstakes
« on: February 04, 2012, 02:36:47 AM »
Has anyone been impacted by moratoriums on giving out business licenses for arcades or Internet centers in an attempt to pass laws or decide on what to do to allow or prevent Internet Sweepstakes style businesses that have been popping up lately? Has anyone stopped in recently thinking your stores were these types of "gambling" locations?

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Re: Internet Sweepstakes
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2012, 08:41:45 AM »
I've heard about people encountering issues with the city offices because of gambling issues, but I have yet to actually see any business that would have been the cause of such caution in the first place.  Apparently it's a very large issue in some Florida cities, and in certain parts of California.  I know one lady who opened a LAN in south Phoenix who said the city wouldn't let her use the word "game" in her business name because they didn't want people to think it was a gambling establishment. So she called it "emag" instead.

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Re: Internet Sweepstakes
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2012, 09:48:58 AM »
I have had several stop by to check the place out and think it was a "GAMING" center and not a GAME center.

I always say I thought those were illegal? and just laugh.

 

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