🌱 Why two Mentor-on-the-Lake gaming storefronts were suddenly padlocked

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• Why two Mentor-on-the-Lake gaming storefronts were suddenly padlocked

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• Thursday: Breezy with clouds and sun, temps: high: 54, low: 46.
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📰 News we're reading

• Mentor-On-The-Lake ‘Skill' Arcades Go Dark After Cops Pull The Plug (hoodline.com) — Police recently shut down two so-called skill-game arcades in Mentor-on-the-Lake, padlocking doors and disabling about 80 machines while seizing cash as evidence. City officials are now exploring nuisance-abatement tools and possible ordinance changes to keep the storefronts from quietly reopening as state gambling regulators continue a broader crackdown on unlicensed gaming across Lake County.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Mentor

• 2 Mentor-on-the-Lake gaming businesses shut down after police suspected illegal gambling (news5cleveland.com)
• Summit County Humane Society announces new CEO, an Ohio native (beaconjournal.com)
• Joyce A. KNEFLEY, 84, Of Ulysses, PA (solomonswords.net)

Eastlake

• A Relaxed Ohio Waterfront Patio Is Hiding One Of The State's Best Summer Views (everafterinthewoods.com)

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