New Legislation could Make Poker Legal at Home
23rd March, 2009
Poker players in the state of Carolina will be hoping a new legislation is passed, making playing legal at home.
With more and more legal judgements going in favour of poker players, it seems almost inevitable that poker will be legalised in the future, and it looks like the first steps towards this are closer than many thought.
A South Carolina State Senator has proposed a new bill to legalise poker played in the home or for charity.
With several judges across the country ruling ‘poker is a game of skill and not luck’ many believe that this bill will be passed.
The legislation proposes that poker played for charity or in the home would be legal, providing there is no house or house odds, and no house income from the game.
According to Senator Glenn McConnell the current 207 year old law is inadequate. He also said, “It was written in another time and government has no business micromanaging people's lives and the choice they make on the games that entertain them. We think you should be able to do anything in your castle, which is your home.”
By Rommon
