By L.A. Williams Christian Action League July 28, 2023 Purveyors of video sweepstakes are celebrating a win this week, as the state’s second-highest court has denied a request from Governor Roy Cooper, the Department of Public Safety and the Alcohol Law Enforcement Division to temporarily block a controversial ruling issued by a Forsyth County trial […]
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Video Gaming Legalization Would Lead to Debt and Addiction, Rev. Creech tells House Members
By Peyton Majors Christian Action League May 26, 2023 Video gaming machines would become legal in North Carolina under a bill that the sponsor touted this week as another source of revenue, but pro-family critics said would it lead to personal debt and addiction. The bill, HB 512, would legalize video gaming, more specifically, video […]
CAL Legislative Wrap-Up for 2020
CAL StaffChristian Action LeagueAugust 28, 2020 It was Plato who once said, “Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught falsehoods…And the person that dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and a fool.” The Christian Action League’s primary purpose as a public-policy organization is […]
Sweepstakes Gaming Proposal to Clarify Illegality of the Industry Had Opposite Effect
By Hunter HinesChristian Action LeagueJune 26, 2020 Although the North Carolina General Assembly has passed numerous laws banning video sweepstakes parlors, they still operate in some places. The problem for their continued existence seems twofold. Once a law is passed, the sweepstakes industry is adept at adjusting their software for the games and asserts […]
State Lottery Commission Might Implement Games That Mimic Video Poker/Sweepstakes
By Hunter Hines Christian Action League December 19, 2019 “The North Carolina Lottery has been a spectacular failure, and it deserves to be phased out in the years ahead,” said Les Bernal, National Director of Stop Predatory Gambling. Bernal made the remarks during an interview with host John Rustin on the North Carolina Family Policy […]
NC Court of Appeals Strikes Down Sweepstakes Gaming
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League October 17, 2019 “It’s been the lump of dung that won’t flush,” said Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action League. “But I think we’re winning what has been a valiant effort to keep gambling of this nature from spreading across the state.” Rev. Creech was referring […]