The internet doesn't work at the internet cafés. Patrons don't mind, as few enter seeking to browse the web. These cafés are instead electronic gaming rooms, with the look and sound of small casinos.

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Illegal gaming cafes operate as cash-only sweepstakes halls with tight security. Operators tweak games and exploit zoning gaps to ...

Illegal gaming cafes operate as cash-only sweepstakes halls with tight security. Operators tweak games and exploit zoning gaps to evade gambling regulations. Municipal enforcement yields fines and ...

The News & Observer visited a dozen area electronic gaming businesses and found their continued, unregulated existence is due less to any legal loopholes and more to authorities in Raleigh, Durham and ...

I’m Brian Gordon, tech reporter for The News and Observer, and this is Open Source, a weekly newsletter on business, labor and technology in North Carolina. Maybe my surreptitious photo taking was too ...

The contemporary commercial architecture of this new venue is typical of many higher-end developments I have seen in East ...