Sweepstakes firm pulls out of NC

Sweepstakes software companies provide the games to individual sweepstakes game owners. These local owners then operate game rooms, returning a share of the profits to the company. 

"Although nothing that has happened in Florida has any direct bearing or connection to matters in North Carolina, the ownership of IIT feels its first priority is to direct its full attention and resources to addressing concerns in Florida," the letter reads.

The company also cites the legal "limbo" in North Carolina, with sweepstakes games outlawed by the state legislature but still operating in a gray area. The state Supreme Court upheld North Carolina's ban on sweepstakes machines in December.