The organization, Allied Veterans of the World, runs nearly 50 Internet parlorswith computerized slot machine-style games, which are normally legal in Florida if most of the proceeds go to charity.
Historically, western homes tended to be more fortress-like with a series of hearth-centric formal spaces like parlors and kitchens, disconnected from the outdoors.
The most controversial of the plans are those that seek to ban the withdrawal of cash with the card at certain locations like nail salons and tattoo parlors.
Blocks of Victorian-style homes with painted shutters on large pieces of property abruptly give way to boarded up shacks, convenience stores and tattoo parlors.