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Bill to Legalize Poker in South Carolina Homes Moves ForwardTue, Feb 27th, 2007 @ 12:00am A bill to legalize in-house poker games in South Carolina has passed a subcommittee and will be presented to the full Judiciary Committee this week, the Charleston Post and Courier reported this past Sunday. The bill is part of an overall effort to update antiquated state gaming laws dating from 1802. If strictly interpreted, these laws prohibit card and dice games and even some common board games like Monopoly. South Carolina state Rep. Wallace Scarborough, R-James Island, introduced the in-home poker bill this past January in hopes of changing the old laws so people can play cards in the privacy of their homes, as long as they are a 'recreational activity.' Scarborough said the bill has moved surprisingly fast. He has no problem with the lawmakers who want to ensure the legislation contains strict wording that wouldn't allow for the return of video poker. So, "I think the possibilities (for passage) at this point seem really good," noted Scarborough. Scarborough's bill was introduced just a week after Nathan Stallings, 28, was convicted on a single state charge of operating a gambling establishment for a poker game he held at his residence which was raided by Mount Pleasant police last April. The game had been advertised via an Internet meet-up site that attracted poker players from all over the Low Country. Players paid a $20 buy-in to join the game and a percentage of the proceeds went to the house. Stallings, 28, pleaded guilty to the charge and paid a combined $747 in fines and court costs, but will serve no jail time. Under Scarborough's bill, Stallings would still be guilty for having taken a cut of the proceeds. But if the new bill passes, games where the house takes no cut would become legal. Read Related Article:
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EGBA Sets New Best Practice Standards for Responsible Gaming The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA), in support of their mission to promote fair competition for European-licensed operators and consumer choice in a regulated European online gaming market. has launched a new set of best practices to ensure consistent standards of player protection, fair gaming and responsible operator behavior in the European online poker, Internet gaming and betting environment.
World Poker Association Changes Membership Terms The new leadership under Founder and present Chairman of the World Poker Association (WPA), Jesse Jones, has taken immediate measures to address the needs of the over 1400 members who have joined the WPA to date, through several key membership changes. These changes include:
Stanley Ho's IPO Reveals Setbacks Since Macau Regulation, Competition Arrive The delayed listing of Stanley Ho's Sociedade de Jogos de Macau Holdings (SJM) group on Hong Kong's Stock Exchange until today, 16 July, is characteristic of the many challenges the firm has faced since 2002, when foreign operators were allowed to build casinos, and regulations increased. Since then, the 86-year old billionaire's four decade dominance of the Portuguese colony's gaming market, determining where and when you could play poker has waned.
'November Nine' Final Table of the World Series of Poker Is Set From 6,844 to nine, the players for the final table of the Main Event of the 39th World Series of Poker have now emerged after nearly two weeks at the tables. The so-called 'November Nine' will return on November 9 after a 117 day hiatus as the most well prepared final table in poker history, as well as being guinea pigs for this first-ever delayed final table experiment.
Poker Tournaments in Bars -- The New Prohibition? While the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) has devastated internet poker, separate, quiet battles are being fought, and won, to make poker legal in bars under state laws.
'November Nine' Emerge Today at World Series of Poker, Hellmuth Places 45th Today, July 14, is a big day at the World Series of Poker, when the three remaining tables of the Main Event will be trimmed to one, from the 27 players starting play today Day 7. That means that today we will learn the identities of the 'November Nine', the nine finalists who will return November 9 to play out the final table under the television spotlights.
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$5 Million Guaranteed Prize Pool for 2008 Borgata Poker Open in Sept. Details of the 6th annual Borgata Poker Open series have just been announced: the 16-day tournament begins Sept. 3rd and concludes with the $10,000 buy-In 5-day World Poker Tour (WPT) / Borgata Poker Open Championship event, September 14-18, at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa.
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