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New Machines
are Just Like Slot Machines
Some residents in
Boardman are having a hard time with the
new “sweepstakes machines” that have
come in. They say that they are
identical to slot machines and should be
removed from the establishments that are
offering them. In this case Lucky’s
Internet Café was, well, lucky enough to
bring in the machines that are now under
fire.
The sweepstakes
machines are truly almost identical to
the slot machines that you see. The
buttons on them, the way that they look
–it is eerily familiar. The café has a
sign that says that you are not gambling
when playing the machines, but some
residents say that this is just a lie.
These slot machines
have started popping up all over the
state, and so far state and local
officials have not come forward with any
kind of a statement in return to them.
As of right now, slot machine gambling
is still very illegal in Ohio, as their residents
have voted it down several times
already.
The slot machines were
brought in front of a judge who said
that the “outcome of the sweepstakes
winners was predetermined by the
operation of the computer” and therefore
they were legal. However, prosecutors
said that the phone cards that the
people were using to play the slot
machines were not meant for that purpose
and that this was simply a scam so that
they could participate in this kind of
gambling. They say that they are going
to appeal the ruling, as these are
obviously slot machines and they refuse
to believe anything different.
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