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Why Chuck E. Cheese may need a gaming license.

No wonder I could never win generous curling loops of scrip tickets at Chuck E. Cheese -- turns out I was gambling the whole time, not actually playing skeeball! An angry mom has filed a lawsuit against the pizza-purveying mouse, a lleging some games there are games of chance -- and thus count as gambling.

According to the lawsuit, “many games found at Chuck E. Cheese’s’s restaurants are illegal gambling devices that require little or no skill and are predominantly games of chance, much like a roulette wheel. With rare exception (none of which exist here), gambling is illegal in California.” The suit goes on to state that Keller “seeks restitution from CEC and an injunction prohibiting it from offering these devices to its customers in the future.”

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As a longtime journalist in Southern Nevada, native Las Vegan Andrew Kiraly has served as a reporter covering topics as diverse as health, sports, politics, the gaming industry and conservation. He joined Desert Companion in 2010, where he has helped steward the magazine to become a vibrant monthly publication that has won numerous honors for its journalism, photography and design, including several Maggie Awards.
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