Four Statesboro area convenience stores were targeted Thursday in a gambling sting conducted by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Commercial Gambling Unit. The store operators are accused of paying out cash to customers who win while playing on the “Coin Operated Amusement Machines,” usually located in a back room of the store. Cash payouts are illegal, said Cindy H. Ledford, special agent-in-charge of the GBI’s Commercial Gambling Unit.