SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) The New Mexico Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case about a Las Cruces man accused of running a gambling enterprise out of his Internet cafe. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that the state's high court recently said it will hear arguments next month in the case involving businessman Michael T. Vento.
Last year, a state Court of Appeals overturned Vento's conviction of running a gambling enterprise out of his Internet cafe. Gov. Susana Martinez, a district attorney when Vento was operating his cafe, prosecuted him for commercial gambling.
But the 63-year-old Vento says he only provided his customers s chance to win sweepstakes prizes.
