The owner of video sweepstakes games targeted in a Robeson County case is asking the state Court of Appeals to reject a request from state law enforcement leaders. Those leaders want the state’s second-highest court to block a trial court order allowing the sweepstakes business to continue operations.
A split panel of the state Court of Appeals has voted to block a trial court order in Forsyth County favoring video sweepstakes operators. Gov. Roy Cooper and state law enforcement leaders had asked the state’s second-highest court to take that step.
Companies involved in a video sweepstakes dispute with Gov. Roy Cooper and top state law enforcement officials urge the state’s second-highest court to stay out of the fight. Cooper is trying to block a Forsyth County court order favoring the companies.
The NC Appeals Court has ruled that a video game called Ocean Fish King is an illegal sweepstakes. The unanimous appellate decision Tuesday affirms a trial judge’s ruling against sweepstakes operators in Hickory and Conover.
Plaintiffs in a Forsyth County video sweepstakes lawsuit reject Gov. Roy Cooper’s motion seeking a temporary stay from the N.C. Court of Appeals. Plaintiffs are asking the state’s second-highest court to let a trial court ruling stand while the legal battle continues.
A unanimous N.C. Supreme Court has issued another ruling against video sweepstakes operators. “Gift Surplus, LLC, and Sandhill Amusements, Inc., (plaintiffs) sued Governor Roy Cooper and several state law enforcement officials (defendants) seeking a declaratory judgment that their operation of a sweepstakes through video game kiosks does not violate … North Carolina’s criminal prohibition on...
RALEIGH — The state argued that the ban on sweepstakes machines violated conduct, not speech. A two-judge majority of the state Court of Appeals disagreed, citing U.S. Supreme Court precedent protecting the First Amendment's protections on disseminating information.
