North Carolina Grouped Formed To Save Sweepstakes

In June, the North Carolina State Senate voted 47-1 on a bill that says a 2006 ban on video poker also applies to computer-based sweepstakes games. Then on July 7th, the House approved the ban in a vote of 86-27.

The ban is set to go into effect on December 1st.

Recently, a new group called the Internet-Based Sweepstakes Organization has been created to represent programmers and owners of the parlors that are about to be put out of business.

The group also plans to lobby for legislation that would call for the legalization and taxation of these sweepstakes games.

This is not the only support that these sweepstakes parlors has seen over the past month and a half since the vote.

Back in July, an organization called the Entertainment Group of North Carolina sent a letter to Governor Beverly Perdue asking that she veto the legislation; however, it fell on deaf ears.

Many supporters says that these parlors would definitely have a positive effect of the states economy if they can be successfully regulated and taxed.