Legal in-house poker on South Carolina's mind

As long as it's done as a "recreational activity," state representative Wallace Scarborough is all for revamping South Carolina's archaic gambling laws to legalize in-house poker. So he's drafting the legislation to do so.

The bill is still in the earliest stages of development, the Associated Press reports, but is ostensibly part of an overall effort to update the state's 200-year-old gaming laws.

Laws which some say technically prohibit card and dice games, and even common board games like Monopoly.

Scarborough, a Republican from Charleston, has gone on the record as saying he knows he'll face a lot of opposition for his legislation, but that the current restrictions are "ridiculous, considering we live in a modern era."

The proposal comes after a recent raid at a game where players paid $20 each with a percentage of the proceeds going to the house. At least 18 players were arrested.

courtesy of Christopher Hunt

News Added: 08 January, 2007

Number of views : 970