VS2 Worldwide Communications, a New Jersey company that provided software to Internet cafes in Ohio, has pled guilty to several lesser charges as part of a plea agreement. Owners of the company were fined $1,000 apiece and each pled guilty to possession of criminal tools. The company was fined $10,000 ... Read More
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DeWine has also found electronic poker machines to be a form of illegal gambling. Buckeye Charity Poker, which is a business and not a charity, had been conducting electronic poker games in Willoughby Hills for over a year.
In electronic poker, players sit around a table with flat-screen monitors. Players would ... Read More
October 7, 2013ogadmin
30
Sep2013
The village solicitor submitted her draft to the council of an ordinance that would outright ban Internet cafes. Council took no action. A moratorium on sweepstakes cafes expires at the end of 2013.
September 30, 2013ogadmin
30
Sep2013
The owners of VS2 have entered a plea in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas and said they will no longer do business in Ohio effective October 11. VS2, a New Jersey company, was supplying software to Internet cafes. The owners had been charged with racketeering, possession of criminal tools, ... Read More
September 30, 2013ogadmin
30
Sep2013
Opponents of HB 7, who are seeking to put the issue of Internet cafes before the voters, are in the final days of attempting to secure the 71,000+ valid signatures still needed to get the issue on the 2014 ballot. Efforts may be for nothing. SB 141 was passed by ... Read More
September 30, 2013ogadmin
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Sep2013
Supporters of Internet cafes, hoping to prevent HB 7 from going into effect and putting the issue before voters, have failed in their first attempt to garner the required 231,148 valid signatures. The Ohio Secretary of State’s office announced that 160,008 of the 433,884 signatures submitted, representing 12 counties, were ... Read More
September 25, 2013ogadmin
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Sep2013
Hollywood Toledo was the only casino that saw a revenue increase over July, with a 2.9% increase to $15.86 million. The biggest decline was Horseshoe Cleveland with revenues of $18.91 million, a 4.8% decrease over July. This represented Horseshoe Cleveland’s lowest total since opening in May of 2012. Hollywood Columbus ... Read More
September 23, 2013ogadmin
23
Sep2013
The day before HB7 was to take effect, opponents filed referendum petitions with the Ohio Secretary of State containing 433,884 signatures. HB7 would have, in effect, shut down Internet cafes across the state. Supporters of Internet cafes wanted voters to decide. In order to get on the November 2014 ballot, ... Read More
September 23, 2013ogadmin
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Sep2013
Commissioners in the village of Smithville, located in Wayne County in northeast Ohio, have asked their legal counsel to draft an ordinance that would outright ban Internet cafes in their village. If approved, Smithville would join the city of Fairborn as the only entities in the state to have passed ... Read More
September 20, 2013ogadmin
19
Sep2013
Demolition and clean-up of the site for the Dayton racino, a former Delphi plant, is taking longer than expected. However, at this time, Penn National Gaming does not foresee a delay in the opening of the racino, which is scheduled for the summer of 2014.
September 19, 2013ogadmin