RALEIGH, N.C. — As they battle to overturn a state ban on their video-style games, owners of Internet sweepstakes parlors are now eying a proposed casino deal between North Carolina and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
Gov. Beverly Perdue and tribal leaders finalized an agreement Monday that would allow live card dealers at the Harrah's Cherokee Casino and Hotel in the mountains in exchange for North Carolina school districts getting a piece of profits from the new games.
"We would also like for the legislature to look at our industry as well," Brian Henry, treasurer of the Internet Based Sweepstakes Organization, said Tuesday. "We would just like a seat at the table with our legislature to have our industry regulated and have it taxed." Read More
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