An Internet cafe owner in New Jersey which provides technology to so-called internet sweepstakes cafes will cease operations in Ohio. Attorney General Mike DeWine and Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty said five defendants from the New Jersey company agreed to plead guilty to felony charges related to operating a gambling enterprise and money laundering. “This plea agreement is a significant victory for enforcement of Ohio gaming laws,” said Attorney General DeWine. “””Not only will VS2 cease operations in Ohio, but they admit that their facade of facilitating a sweepstakes was a front to conduct illegal gambling in violation of…

L.A. Times – Los Angeles police arrested 23 people on misdemeanor charges in a raid on a Van Nuys Internet cafe suspected of hosting an illegal gambling operation, the LAPD said Friday. Officers from the Van Nuys vice unit served a search warrant Thursday at the Talk & Win Internet cafe on Sherman Way after getting an anonymous tip that gambling was taking place there, the LAPD said in a statement. Officers seized 42 computers and $9,200 in cash, and arrested 20 people on suspicion of gambling at an illegal facility and three on suspicion of possession of a gambling…