Thursday, March 14, 2013
Internet Cafe Regulations Approved By House, Sent To Senate For Vote
Posted by Eric Sandy on Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 2:21 PM
The vote in the House was 66-29.
It's an issue that's rested among the din of state politics for some time now, with dozens of local municipalities instituting moratoriums on the permit process while awaiting a decision from the Statehouse. And that decision now looms on the horizon.
The bill is expected to pass through the Senate in short order.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine sure isn't a fan of the businesses. He's called them out in the past as microcosmic dens of iniquity and fiefdoms of crime. Long on assertions and short on evidence to back up his statements, DeWine's frenzied cries do little more than craft a straw man to balance out the glow of Ohio's four freshly constructed casinos.
"HB 7 is a major step forward to protect Ohio consumers and to provide clarity to law enforcement," he said following the vote.
Nonetheless, the erosion of the cafe gambling biz is nothing new in places like Cuyahoga County. In 2012, then-Prosecutor Bill Mason ordered all operating cafes to shut down and get outta town.
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