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A unanimous state Court of Appeals panel has granted state law enforcement officials' request to block a lower court ruling favoring a video sweepstakes operator in a Robeson County case.
Published: Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 @ 4:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Video sweepstakes owner No Limit Games urges North Carolina's second-highest court to reject a request from top state law enforcement officials. The officials want the court to block a lower court order favoring the sweepstakes company.
Published: Saturday, November 25th, 2023 @ 4:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A split state Court of Appeals panel has agreed to block a Forsyth County trial court order that favored local video sweepstakes operators.
Published: Saturday, November 25th, 2023 @ 7:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State law enforcement leaders are asking North Carolina's second-highest court to block a Robeson County trial judge's ruling in favor of a video sweepstakes operation.
Published: Thursday, November 9th, 2023 @ 8:47 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Companies involved in a legal dispute with Gov. Roy Cooper over video sweepstakes operations in Forsyth County urge the NC Court of Appeals to stay out of the fight.
Published: Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 @ 7:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A unanimous N.C. Court of Appeals panel has ruled a video game called Ocean Fish King falls under the state's ban against video sweepstakes.
Published: Thursday, October 26th, 2023 @ 8:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Court of Appeals has denied Gov. Roy Cooper's request for a temporary stay in a Forsyth County video sweepstakes lawsuit.
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2023 @ 11:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper and top state law enforcement officials urge the N.C. Court of Appeals to block a Forsyth County judge's ruling in a video sweepstakes case.
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Plaintiffs in a Forsyth County video sweepstakes lawsuit urge the N.C. Court of Appeals to reject a request from Gov. Roy Cooper and state law enforcement leaders.
Published: Monday, October 16th, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A unanimous N.C. Supreme Court has issued another ruling against video sweepstakes operators.
Published: Wednesday, February 16th, 2022 @ 4:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Was Apple's choice of Austin, Texas, over the Research Triangle for its new, $1 billion campus a win or a loss for North Carolina
Published: Thursday, December 27th, 2018 @ 4:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legislative critics on Thursday chided state lottery officials for trimming back the percentage of proceeds going to education and emphasizing the long-term jackpot payout over the one-time cash payout that many winners receive.
Published: Saturday, March 12th, 2016 @ 12:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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After more that 6 years of Amateur Obama's patent dishonesty and sophistry, the Democrats appear to want more of the same, or maybe worse with Hillary B. Clinton: Or do they?
Published: Friday, June 12th, 2015 @ 9:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On November 15, 2013, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an attempted larceny at Cratch’s Mini Mart in Washington. Deputies responded and discovered that a suspect had attempted to gain entry into a Sweepstakes Machine money holder at the business.
Published: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014 @ 7:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The libertarian bumper sticker -- "Don't steal from the government; it hates competition" -- takes on added meaning every time North Carolina officials try to shut down Internet sweepstakes operations.
Published: Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 @ 12:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Players continue to plunk cash down to play online sweepstakes games at the former Randy Parton Theatre in Roanoke Rapids despite a state Supreme Court ruling banning the electronic diversions.
Published: Wednesday, February 6th, 2013 @ 2:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lumberton officials are using an unprecedented taxation defense in an Internet sweepstakes lawsuit before the state Supreme Court that features constitutional separation of powers issues and arcane legal protections dating from the Great Depression.
Published: Tuesday, August 7th, 2012 @ 11:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The sweepstakes industry is a sizable, if controversial, juggernaut in North Carolina. The state Supreme Court is expected to rule later this year whether it is legal.
Published: Tuesday, July 24th, 2012 @ 1:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The failed Randy Parton Theatre may soon become an Internet gambling facility and bar.
Published: Tuesday, July 17th, 2012 @ 11:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Bev Perdue wants to "tax the heck" out of sweepstakes business across North Carolina as a means of providing more funding for education.
Published: Tuesday, June 12th, 2012 @ 6:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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