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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