ASHEVILLE — City Council will consider today an ordinance that might slow the growth of so-called “video sweepstakes” machines around Asheville. The machines are close cousins to video gambling machines that North Carolina banned as of July 2007 except at the casino in Cherokee. They are turning up around Buncombe County and the state in convenience stores and other businesses, including stand-alone video sweepstakes parlors in some cities.
Proposed city rules would limit the machines to commercial zoning districts allowing more intense use, prohibit them close to homes, schools and places of worship, and require owners to pay a $2,500 fee for a business license plus $500 per machine. Read entire Story
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