Bill to Legalize Poker in South Carolina Homes Moves Forward

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Bill to Legalize Poker in South Carolina Homes Moves Forward
by PokerPages.com
Tue, 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.

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