Instead, customers receive Visa gift cards or gift cards for such places as Olive Garden, Publix and Wal-Mart. In addition, state officials said customers can't be charged to play in the arcade. Real slot machines are stopped randomly by the machine itself. They are 'adult amusement facilities' and contain machines that look like slot machines, but are started and stopped by the player, making them games of skill, according to state laws and definitions. Unlike gambling operations that are regulated by the state, the arcades are considered games of skill and are unregulated. Pirate's Gold is an adult arcade, one of 35 such establishments in Brevard County, according to the Brevard County Tax Collector's Office, which tracks 'amusement facilities.' That's up from 25 such facilities in 2006. I want to make sure everybody in here is safe and comfortable.'

Pirate's Gold is tucked in between a 24-hour medical clinic and a Chinese restaurant in a Palm Bay strip mall. 'The first time I saw this spot, I thought, 'This is it,' ' arcade owner John Cofhlin said.

PALM BAY, FL - As reported by : 'A steady stream of retired people walked into the doors of the newly opened Pirate's Gold Arcade to play slot-like machines, eat a free lunch and

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