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Originally Posted by Tigerlily  I heard a little bit off a different take on this that may or may not be true. I was told that the Sherriff sent out letters asking places to turn off or unplug the machines and that is separate from the bill which has yet to go into effect. If the ADF left the machines on and they were seized then they would have cause to sue. If they chose to abide the sherriff they could not sue. |
The letter is supposedly seperate from the legislation slated to go in to effect on July 1st, but the letter did threaten criminal prosecution if the business did not voluntarily shut down the machines. That last bit is directly from Sheriff Cameron's own mouth on Friday when asked by the judge to describe the letter he had sent to each of the businesses.
Per both the State Attorney and Sheriff Cameron, there is a concern with the legalized gaming machines causing too much of a workload for both offices and that was part of the reason they wanted them shut down.