Here is a reply from someone in Florida. These were not “Internet Cafe’s” as most of the country thinks of them. You could not go in and check your e-mail. They existed ONLY to let you play slot machines, win things that you could convert to cash using a loophole in the law to allow it to be legal as a Sweepstakes. usually the “Prizes” were pre-paid calling cards that could be converted to cash. Real internet cafes in the state have been hurt or destroyed by people thinking they were gambling places, not coffee houses with computer access. I had a friend who owed a real “internet cafe” who lost the bussness because the public did not understand.
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