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Local reports suggest the internet cafe may have been targeted because similar stores in the area are functioning secretly as illegal gambling joints.

Internet gambling?

[rlmorel]

I guess... I will say this: That guard is damned lucky he isn't dead. It looked like that perp who got shot actually had a gun to the guard's head for a second, but got distracted and the cop backed up and got away. I guess crack will distract you like that. Fortunately, the perp was likely an amateur. Check out this comment left on YouTube (Note: I never read them because 99% of the tiime, people who post comments there haven't got two brain cells to rub together) "...Isn't it a little harsh shooting a guy in the back when the situation is already over? I mean in Finland, the guard would get life for this..."

[Justa]

“Internet gambling?”

Yes. The way I had it described to me recently for a nearby shop was that they charge $6/hr for access. For that they are auto-entered into numerous jackpot drawings and can ‘do whatever’ during their internet usage. There are links provided for online gambling sites and that’s what most people go there for because the chance of gambling + the jackpot is better odds than playing at home.

From what I’ve heared one nearby establishment grosses over 25k a week.

They are outlawed in Pinellas county.

[Krankor]

I wonder if those aren’t just video poker games. I can’t imagine those women going in there just to Twitter. For some reason, they cut off the audio when the guy first got shot. By reading his lips, it appears he said, “Oooch, that smarts!”