Gambling News by House of Odds

ASHEVILLE A court ruling has thwarted efforts by law enforcement officers to shut down a new breed of video gambling machines outlawed by state legislators last year.

A legal order preventing enforcement of a recently passed state gambling law is stopping law enforcement from cracking down on new electronic-gambling machines that offer cash payouts, Buncombe County Sheriff Van Duncan and District Attorney Ron Moore said in a press conference today. The legislature passed a law at the end of last year that outlawed the new, computer-based machines, Duncan .