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The Cherokee reservation in North Carolina is supposed to be the only place in the state where slot machines are legal.  That is technically the case, but business owners in Garner, North Carolina have found a loophole that legally allows them to offer an experience to patrons that is very similar to slot machines…but not quite. 

It is highly likely that most gamblers would drive past these store front operations without guessing there is a virtual slots parlor inside.  One business called 42 Business Center seems to be hopping around the clock, yet the store signs say the business only offers “fax, copy, and Internet.”

The only thing patrons need are cash and a drivers license and they are given access to a series of server based games that simulate slot machines.  But these games are not physical slot machine terminals so they are not technically illegal under North Carolina law.  The games also do not operate fundamentally in the same way that slot machines operate.

Slot machines are completely random games.  The heart of all slot machines in the random number generator; meaning there is absolutely no way of predicting the turn of the game from spin to spin.

These games found in North Carolina are considered an internet sweepstakes.  The slot machine appearance of the game is just and entertaining package for a game whose results are predetermined at the moment a player purchases credits from the teller.

It is a small difference, but it is enough for the company to get past state law; for now anyway.

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