by admin | Jun 17, 2019 | Florida internet cafe news
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.- The deadline for 15 Jacksonville internet cafes to shut down passed at 5 p.m. on Monday. If the businesses did not comply, owners and operators were told they would face fines and possible arrests — and that their businesses may be...
by admin | Apr 9, 2019 | Florida internet cafe news
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – The businesses under investigation in a Florida gambling probe started popping up in strip malls about six years ago and rapidly spread. The unregulated, unlicensed stores became a billion-dollar enterprise, but authorities say...
by admin | Apr 5, 2019 | Florida internet cafe news
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.- City leaders are considering a new tactic in efforts to shut down more than 100 internet cafes operating in Jacksonville. An attempt by the Florida Legislature in 2013 to ban internet cafes remains tied up in the courts. The games are now...
by admin | Feb 3, 2019 | Florida internet cafe news, Uncategorized
OCALA – A Gainesville man who admitted to breaking into an internet café to get cash, was arrested Wednesday by a sheriff’s detective. Najuan Shaquile Burse-Williams told Detective Pam Thomas he fired shots at the front door, which broke the glass. He said he entered...
by admin | Feb 3, 2019 | Florida internet cafe news
HOMOSASSA, Fla – Detectives with the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office served search warrants at two illegal gambling shops on Thursday. The Sheriff’s Office had been investigating the Time Square Internet Sweepstakes Cafe and the Lucky U 777 in...
