The referendum to get the issue of Internet cafes before voters on the 2014 ballot has failed. Supporters, even with an additional 10 days, failed to get the required number of valid signatures. This means that HB 7 is now in effect. One of the provisions of the bill limits ... Read More
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07
Oct2013
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
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
25
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
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
20
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
13
Aug2013
Could electronic raffle machines become the next illegal gambling battleground? While Ohio lawmakers were debating the legality of Internet cafes, over 500 of these electronic raffle machines were being installed at VFW posts and fraternal lodges throughout the state. Supporters say the machines are for charitable purposes. But they look ... Read More
August 13, 2013ogadmin
07
Aug2013
On July 24, authorities in Cleveland closed the Lucky Palms 777 sweepstakes café. The Cuyahoga county prosecutor has declared that all 52 of the original Internet cafes that had been operating in the county were now out of business.
It is believed less than 300 Internet cafes remain throughout the state.
August 7, 2013ogadmin