Utah Internet cafe's license revoked

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Utah Internet cafe's license revoked


Alleged online gambling activities have reslted in the business license for the HotSpot Internet Cafe being suspended for the second time this year, and for the same reasons - a debate on whether the cafe's "sweepstakes" business model is illegal or not.

The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Midvale officials have revoked the business licence for the enterprise because it offered "sweepstakes" chances with the purchase of Internet time.

Midvale Mayor JoAnn Seghini told reporters that the license had been lifted following reports that the cafe was offering Internet gambling activities, something that the owner had not mentioned in his application for a licence.

"They were playing games, like computer slot machines and various games of chance," she said. "They said it wasn't gambling, but if your lucky number came up, they gave you cash."

Arguing against the city's action, an attorney for the Internet cafe said the operation was completely within Utah law. Steven Stewart described the "sweepstakes" chances offered with purchase of Internet time as a "promotion" allowed under law. Stewart said he and other representatives from the Internet cafe met with attorneys and police from Midvale at the time the licence was issued to explain the sweepstakes.

Earlier this year, Hot Spot suffered similar municipal action for allegedly offering gambling, and local administrative law judge J. Scott Lundberg was asked to review the case. He concluded that sweepstakes was an integral part of Hot Spot's business, rather than a promotion, and that the operation was therefore outside of Utah law.

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Thanks for the great post Marina, This is just another classic example of the U.S government pushing theirselves above the law. When someone finds a loophole in a law and exploits it, the government wants to take action, but why doesn't the government take more action when big business companies or even big government when the infinite loopholes of laws are exploited constantly by them? Maybe the U.S. govenment should worry about more important stuff like our worldly outlook by others with the war, the poor and welfare in our country, the economy, etc, instead of worrying about what people do with their own money and in their own homes.

You know, i was thinking, if they would just regulate such gambling whether it be online or just state wide, they could generate enough funds more than likely to feed and shelter our poor, start decreasing the federal deficit, and many other things by revenue generated from gambling.
 
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