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Pennsylvania Moves To Shut Down Gambling At "Internet Sweepstakes Cafes"

Pennsylvania Moves To Shut Down Gambling At "Internet Sweepstakes Cafes"

If you’ve never heard of an “Internet Sweepstakes Cafe,” or whatever other description the owners use, it’s basically a place where customers purchase pre-paid “phone cards” that they then use to buy time on a computer to play in various “sweepstakes” for which they can possibly win cash. How is this now gambling? Well, that’s the the question that the Pennsylvania state legislature is asking. [More]