Small business owners in the sweepstakes industry have successfully worked to ensure that software used at their cafes is legal under the NC Supreme Court’s ruling and the NC statute. We must ensure that these small businesses are protected and the thousands of jobs throughout the state are not lost.
At a time when state government is searching for new revenue sources, regulating and taxing electronic sweepstakes could provide the state with hundreds of millions of dollars that could go towards funding education and other critical state priorities.
Eliminating electronic sweepstakes would cost local government millions in lost revenue, which will result in cuts to critical services or higher taxes and fees for residents. Many cafes pay a license fee per machine to operate and this provides revenues for local governments. In Gastonia, licensing fees generated $185,000. This …
Electronic sweepstakes cafes directly employ over 10,000 people across the state. Including indirect jobs that are created as a result of the industry, the total number of jobs is over 20,000. The average salary paid to sweepstake cafe employees is over $10 per hour – the average cafe employs 8-10 …
Electronic Sweepstakes generate over $250 million in direct revenues. When you factor in the multiplier effect, the total economic impact jumps to over $600 million and growing. Cafes provide substantial direct benefits to owners of commercial properties who rent spaces to cafes. Typically monthly rents are reported to be $2,500, …