Internet Gambling Cafes in California and Florida
Monday, June 1, 2009
In June, police in San Diego and Stockton, Calif. raided seven Internet cafes, making two arrests and seizing over 100 computers that allegedly were being used for online gambling. Although the cafes claimed that they were offering legal sweepstakes games, California Attorney General Jerry Brown called them a spreading form of "unregulated and illegal gambling parlors, operating Las Vegas-style games." A similar sweep in Ocala, Fla. netted four arrests and 75 computers.
