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No gambling ‘cafés’ – whatever they are: Definition involves several factors

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Video gambling revenue has become an important source of revenue for local bars and restaurants, especially since the pandemic reduced business more than a year ago. (Independent photo by Ken Farver)

No “video gaming cafés” will be approved in Woodstock, according to revised licensing rules approved by the City Council. But nobody seems to know exactly how to define such a business. Like the definition of obscenity made famous by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, city officials say they will know a video gaming “café” […]

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Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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Picture of Larry Lough

Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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