Ohio moves toward virtual ban on Internet cafes

Published December 5, 2012 10:49pm ET



TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Ohio is moving toward shutting down hundreds of storefront gambling operations that have sprouted up in strip malls and vacant stores, offering computer games that operate like slot machines with cash prizes.

The Ohio House approved a proposal Wednesday that amounts to a virtual ban on the game parlors known as Internet cafes.

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