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News for the Carolinas
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Saturday, June 15, 2013
This is the second raid in the Pee Dee this week.
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Deputies with the Marlboro County Sheriff's Office and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division agents seized seven video gaming machines from four locations in the McColl community Wednesday morning, according to Investigator Brittney English.
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Friday, February 15, 2013
State police raided two Dillon County businesses Wednesday in search of illegal gaming machines.
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Marlboro County sheriff's deputies, assisted by the State Law Enforcement Division say they've seized 35-40 personal computers, on which sweepstakes games were being played, from J&K Sweepstakes on Highway 15-401 in McColl.
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Friday, January 18, 2013
Six businesses in the City of Georgetown have been given administrative violations against their alcohol licenses after police say they found gaming machines inside.
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
The state Senate has approved a bill specifying that sweepstakes machines are illegal gambling.
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Friday, January 04, 2013
There's never been a clear ruling or law in South Carolina that's made sweepstakes gaming machines illegal.
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Thursday, August 09, 2012
An Horry County judge has ordered the destruction of seized video gaming machines that he ruled were illegal. But prosecutors believe the real gaming that's going on is the video poker industry gaming the legal system to make a quick buck until higher courts can decide the legality of these machines once and for all.
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Wednesday, August 08, 2012
Solicitor Greg Hembree says Horry County Chief Summary Court Judge Gerald Whitley ruled 24 video gaming machines seized from the Wine and Time in Little River on June 28 are illegal.
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Thursday, August 02, 2012
Florence County law enforcement officers raided three sweepstakes parlors, Thursday afternoon.
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Officers with the Bennettsville Police Department and agents with the State Law Enforcement Division raided six convenience stores Monday and say they seized about 41 illegal video gaming machines.
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Wednesday, April 04, 2012
The State Law Enforcement Division and Edgefield County deputies seized 84 machines and arrested 40 people in a video gambling machine sweep on March 30.
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
A legislative panel has approved a bill to restrict gaming machines that resemble video poker machines already banned under South Carolina law.
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Monday, February 20, 2012
Some towns are saying no to video sweepstakes machines. Last week, Georgetown City Council passed a moratorium on business licenses for any new machines until their legality is settled. Video gambling machines have been illegal in the state since 2000, but new machines that seem to skirt the law are popping up in many towns.
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Sunday, February 12, 2012
The man once tasked with hunting down illegal gaming machines in South Carolina is now among those defending the use of new devices whose legality is yet to be determined.
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