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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.

Friday, February 15, 2013  State police raided two Dillon County businesses Wednesday in search of illegal gaming machines.

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.

Friday, January 04, 2013  There's never been a clear ruling or law in South Carolina that's made sweepstakes gaming machines illegal.

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.

Thursday, August 02, 2012  Florence County law enforcement officers raided three sweepstakes parlors, Thursday afternoon.

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.

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.

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.

Wednesday, February 01, 2012  State police in South Carolina are moving cautiously as they investigate whether new machines showing up in stores and bars are illegal gambling devices.

Tuesday, October 04, 2011  Horry County police have arrested two men in connection with 5 video poker machines suspected to be illegal.

Tuesday, October 04, 2011  Horry County police arrested a man who once ran for local and state offices, for operating an illegal gambling establishment out of his business.

Friday, September 30, 2011  Horry County police have seized five suspected video poker machines from a business in Conway.

Monday, September 26, 2011  Law enforcement agencies in South Carolina are seizing gaming machines based on a 2000 law outlawing video gaming. However, there's some question about the machines being seized because they are different than the machines that were around at the time of the ban.

Friday, September 23, 2011  Georgetown County sheriff's investigators confiscated twenty gaming machines from the Murrells Inlet Sweepstakes on Highway 17 Bypass South in Murrells Inlet.