South Carolina poker players may not be sure when to fold 'em even after a judge ruled Thursday that Texas Hold 'em is a game of skill.
What Mount Pleasant Municipal Judge Larry Duffy didn't decide is whether that determination matters under an 1802 South Carolina law that, read literally, makes any game with cards or dice — including popular board games such as Monopoly and Sorry — illegal.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29288271/
When I lived there, video blackjack machines were legal because they had been ruled to be games of skill. I don't know about now though.
Judge rules Texas Hold 'em is game of skill
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Judge rules Texas Hold 'em is game of skill
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Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
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Is playing pool for money legal in SC?Bob Juch wrote:South Carolina poker players may not be sure when to fold 'em even after a judge ruled Thursday that Texas Hold 'em is a game of skill.
What Mount Pleasant Municipal Judge Larry Duffy didn't decide is whether that determination matters under an 1802 South Carolina law that, read literally, makes any game with cards or dice — including popular board games such as Monopoly and Sorry — illegal.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29288271/
When I lived there, video blackjack machines were legal because they had been ruled to be games of skill. I don't know about now though.
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I never saw a pool table in a bar while I was there. It's possible that pool tables are not legal in bars.ToLiveIsToFly wrote:Is playing pool for money legal in SC?Bob Juch wrote:South Carolina poker players may not be sure when to fold 'em even after a judge ruled Thursday that Texas Hold 'em is a game of skill.
What Mount Pleasant Municipal Judge Larry Duffy didn't decide is whether that determination matters under an 1802 South Carolina law that, read literally, makes any game with cards or dice — including popular board games such as Monopoly and Sorry — illegal.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29288271/
When I lived there, video blackjack machines were legal because they had been ruled to be games of skill. I don't know about now though.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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Re: Judge rules Texas Hold 'em is game of skill
Obviously Bob and I go to different bars. There are plenty of pool tables in S.C. bars and dives.Bob Juch wrote:I never saw a pool table in a bar while I was there. It's possible that pool tables are not legal in bars.ToLiveIsToFly wrote:Is playing pool for money legal in SC?Bob Juch wrote:South Carolina poker players may not be sure when to fold 'em even after a judge ruled Thursday that Texas Hold 'em is a game of skill.
What Mount Pleasant Municipal Judge Larry Duffy didn't decide is whether that determination matters under an 1802 South Carolina law that, read literally, makes any game with cards or dice — including popular board games such as Monopoly and Sorry — illegal.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29288271/
When I lived there, video blackjack machines were legal because they had been ruled to be games of skill. I don't know about now though.
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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Re: Judge rules Texas Hold 'em is game of skill
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Obviously Bob and I go to different bars. There are plenty of pool tables in S.C. bars and dives.Bob Juch wrote:I never saw a pool table in a bar while I was there. It's possible that pool tables are not legal in bars.ToLiveIsToFly wrote: Is playing pool for money legal in SC?
I think I have found a new home state! Do you have crooked governors?
Rack 'em up!