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.

Computerized "sweepstakes" games offered at special Internet cafes are the equivalent of slot machines that are illegal under state law, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The court said the ...

Internet sweepstakes cafe owners and supporters only have a few days left to collect enough signatures to stall a new Ohio law to shut them down. But lawmakers have pledged to get rid of the cafes and ...