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Ohio House Approves Shutdown Of Internet Cafes

Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 4:46 PM

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Ohio’s 800 storefronts that call themselves internet cafes or sweepstakes have just suffered a big setback. The Ohio House of Representatives has approved a bill that aims to shut down the stores as illegal gambling operations. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports there wasn’t much debate on the House floor over the merits of the crackdown…and it passed by a wide margin.

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