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Judge rules Texas Hold 'em is game of skill
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:48 pm
by Bob Juch
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.
Re: Judge rules Texas Hold 'em is game of skill
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:02 am
by ToLiveIsToFly
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.
Is playing pool for money legal in SC?
Re: Judge rules Texas Hold 'em is game of skill
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:22 am
by Bob Juch
ToLiveIsToFly wrote: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.
Is playing pool for money legal in SC?
I never saw a pool table in a bar while I was there. It's possible that pool tables are not legal in bars.
Re: Judge rules Texas Hold 'em is game of skill
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:16 am
by themanintheseersuckersuit
Bob Juch wrote:ToLiveIsToFly wrote: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.
Is playing pool for money legal in SC?
I never saw a pool table in a bar while I was there. It's possible that pool tables are not legal in bars.
Obviously Bob and I go to different bars. There are plenty of pool tables in S.C. bars and dives.
Re: Judge rules Texas Hold 'em is game of skill
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:18 am
by Dawn Clark Netsch
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Bob Juch wrote:ToLiveIsToFly wrote:
Is playing pool for money legal in SC?
I never saw a pool table in a bar while I was there. It's possible that pool tables are not legal in bars.
Obviously Bob and I go to different bars. There are plenty of pool tables in S.C. bars and dives.
I think I have found a new home state! Do you have crooked governors?