Internet Sweepstakes Cafes
Friday, March 19 2010
by Frank Stasio and Greg Margolis
Some of their signs advertise, “Money, Mo Money, Come on, Get It.” But despite what internet sweepstakes cafes promise, many North Carolina towns believe these businesses are nothing more than get-rich-quick schemes that skirt the state’s ban on internet gambling. Rocky Mount Telegram Reporter Mike Hixenbaugh and Independent Weekly Editor Lisa Sorg join host Frank Stasio to discuss the booming business of sweepstakes cafes and what some municipalities are doing to try to stop them.
