RALEIGH, NC--(Marketwire - June 1, 2010) - City Capital Corporation (PINKSHEETS: CTCC) today announced that its sweepstakes gaming subsidiary Clean Sweeps Holdings, LLC has now further expanded into the state of North Carolina with the addition of three sweepstakes gaming center locations. The three gaming centers currently operating Clean Sweeps hardware and software are located in the municipalities of Rolesville, Walnut Cove, and Kernersville. The locations represent approximately seventy additional Clean Sweeps terminals in operation, or under Clean Sweeps management.
Ephren Taylor, Chief Executive Officer of City Capital Corporation, stated, "In 2009 we laid out an aggressive plan to roll out thousands of our terminals into concentrated areas, these three locations represent the tip of our expansion into the Southeast. We look forward to adding new locations running our systems every month as we continue to grow this division."
Clean Sweep Holdings' games allow players to win cash or other prizes at terminals located in shopping centers and kiosks. The games attract players of all types, diversifying the clientele that frequent retail business entities. Comparable to the McDonald's Monopoly gaming concept, Sweepstakes Income games are 100% legal, yet they offer far more feasible probabilities for achieving victory. And perhaps more significantly, owners of Sweepstakes gaming machines regularly experience significant, rapid revenue generation that is simplistically sustainable.
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Sweepstakes Video Parlors Grow From Virginia To Florida
Internet-enabled sweepstakes videogames that pay cash prizes are cropping up from Florida to Virginia, leaving city and state officials in a quandary about how to respond. The games have long flourished in North Carolina, where House Speaker Joe Hackney (D-Chapel Hill) recently predicted the state legislature might amend the law to ban video sweepstakes games if the courts fail to do so. At least two district court judges have upheld the legality of the machines in North Carolina.
But now payoff sweepstakes games -- many located in Internet cafés -- have begun to proliferate elsewhere up and down the Eastern seaboard. In Florida, 400 people jammed a city council meeting in Jacksonville this month to debate the status of the games. As Internet sweepstakes gamerooms increase throughout the state, enforcement policies vary from one county to the next, and sometimes within a single county, according to local press sources.
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But now payoff sweepstakes games -- many located in Internet cafés -- have begun to proliferate elsewhere up and down the Eastern seaboard. In Florida, 400 people jammed a city council meeting in Jacksonville this month to debate the status of the games. As Internet sweepstakes gamerooms increase throughout the state, enforcement policies vary from one county to the next, and sometimes within a single county, according to local press sources.
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
North Carolina asks Where do you draw the line on gambling?
One of the biggest gambling issues in North Carolina involves the proliferation of those Internet sweepstakes parlors where computerized versions of slot machines, video poker, keno and many more games can be accessed.Mount Airy is now home to at least five of those businesses, mirroring a trend across the state that has posed a quandary for lawmakers unsure of how to deal with the practice. Part of the problem seems to be the distinction between computer servers used by the Internet cafes and actual gambling devices such as video poker machines which clearly are outlawed.Read more: Mount Airy News - Where do you draw the line on gambling
Asheville NC passes some limits on video sweepstakes
City Council passed some restrictions on so-called “video sweepstakes” machines Tuesday, but put off other rules for six months. The machines are close cousins to video gambling machines banned in North Carolina in 2007 except at the casino in Cherokee. They are now cropping up around the state and locally in convenience stores and stand-alone parlors.
The council voted 4-3 to set a $1,000 application fee and $2,500 fee per machine. Mayor Terry Bellamy and councilmen Jan Davis and Bill Russell voted no. The following passed 6-1 with Russell dissenting: restricting large operators from residential areas and most other zoning districts but allowing smaller operators in community business districts; setting the cap at 20 machines per establishment; and giving businesses 180 days to comply. Read Story
The council voted 4-3 to set a $1,000 application fee and $2,500 fee per machine. Mayor Terry Bellamy and councilmen Jan Davis and Bill Russell voted no. The following passed 6-1 with Russell dissenting: restricting large operators from residential areas and most other zoning districts but allowing smaller operators in community business districts; setting the cap at 20 machines per establishment; and giving businesses 180 days to comply. Read Story
North Carolina proposes that Lottery Commission oversee video gambling
The state lottery would have a little brother in North Carolina, if state Sen. Julia Boseman gets her way. The Democratic senator from New Hanover County is sponsoring legislation that would allow video gambling in North Carolina to be overseen by the N.C. Lottery Commission.
The Video Gaming Entertainment Act would allow gambling machines, provided they are licensed, regulated and their proceeds taxed by the state, according to a draft bill released by Boseman’s legislative office on Tuesday. Read Story
The Video Gaming Entertainment Act would allow gambling machines, provided they are licensed, regulated and their proceeds taxed by the state, according to a draft bill released by Boseman’s legislative office on Tuesday. Read Story
Asheville City Council to consider restrictions on 'video sweepstakes'
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
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
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
City council honors former member, regulates Internet cafes
5/19/2010
ROANOKE RAPIDS — Roanoke Rapids City Council honored one of their former members and moved forward on regulations regarding Internet cafes in the city Tuesday night during the Council’s regular meeting at Lloyd Andrews City Meeting Hall.
The new ordinance goes on to restrict locations — must be 500 feet minimum distance from any residence or residential zoning district, 1,000 feet minimum distance from a church, day care center, elementary school or secondary educational school, public park or playground, public library, cemetery, video arcade, or cinema showing G or PG-rated movies regularly. The 1,000-foot minimum distance also applies to other Electronic Gaming Operations, tattoo or piercing establishments, or sexually-oriented businesses.The new regulations limit the number of machines for each establishment at 20, and no alcohol may be served or consumed on the premises. Read entire story
ROANOKE RAPIDS — Roanoke Rapids City Council honored one of their former members and moved forward on regulations regarding Internet cafes in the city Tuesday night during the Council’s regular meeting at Lloyd Andrews City Meeting Hall.
The new ordinance goes on to restrict locations — must be 500 feet minimum distance from any residence or residential zoning district, 1,000 feet minimum distance from a church, day care center, elementary school or secondary educational school, public park or playground, public library, cemetery, video arcade, or cinema showing G or PG-rated movies regularly. The 1,000-foot minimum distance also applies to other Electronic Gaming Operations, tattoo or piercing establishments, or sexually-oriented businesses.The new regulations limit the number of machines for each establishment at 20, and no alcohol may be served or consumed on the premises. Read entire story
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