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Video sweepstakes operator urges top NC court to clarify law
A video sweepstakes operator is asking North Carolina’s highest court for help determining how its business can move forward legally.
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Split Appeals Court rules for law enforcement in Robeson sweepstakes dispute
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled, 2-1, against a video sweepstakes operator challenging local and state law enforcement bans against its machines operating in Robeson County. The decision Tuesday reversed a trial judge, who issued a preliminary injunction last year favoring the sweepstakes business.
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Forsyth sweepstakes dispute ends with lawsuit dismissal
A legal dispute over sweepstakes operations in Forsyth County has ended. Two companies tied to internet kiosks have dropped their lawsuit against the state, Gov. Roy Cooper, and state law enforcement leaders. Paperwork filed with the state's second-highest court Monday confirmed the news.
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Sweepstakes owners counter Cooper’s plea to overturn lower court injunction
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.
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Cooper asks NC Appeals Court to block Forsyth judge’s sweepstakes order
Gov. Roy Cooper and top state law enforcement officials are urging the N.C. Court of Appeals to block a Forsyth County judge’s June ruling favoring a video sweepstakes operation.
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Perdue: ‘Tax The Heck’ Out of Sweepstakes Business
RALEIGH — While Gov. Bev Perdue said she didn’t like the sweepstakes business in the state, as long as they continue to operate in North Carolina, the state should do what many local governments have decided to do and “regulate them hard and tax the heck out of them.”
