Florida tried to ban Internet Cafes that were functioning as unlicensed casinos, but may have banned smartphones and computers instead, due to language that defines slot machines as "any machine or device or system or network of devices" that can be used in connection with games of chance. I question the legitimacy of shutting down all Internet Cafes in the first place, but this is clearly an overbroad definition, as has been pointed out in a suit challenging the law, brought by an Internet Cafe owner in Miami — ironic, as Florida is the state whose law once took over 100 words to precisely define "buttocks."
Florida bans computers
Mexican Government files charges against ICE for murder
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Mississippi District Attorney's "depraved" AI slop posts a reminder that "everyone is 12 now"
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Killer dies of heart attack while disposing of victim's body
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Make an old PC feel new again with this $10 Windows 11 Pro deal
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