Attorney general says poker runs are illegal
Ruling won’t stop police from raising money for charity. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has issued an opinion that poker runs the popular charity motorcycle rides amount to illegal gambling.
Abbott’s opinion, issued Monday, was a response to a request by the Galveston County District Attorney’s office, which in June asked whether a poker run sponsored by a nonprofit group was legal. Participants received a five-card hand for each $10 donation they made to a charity and got cash prizes for the best hands.
The opinion said that would violate state gambling laws. A spokesman for the Attorney General declined to comment…
Related Poker and Law News:
- Charity ‘poker runs’ will have to fold
- Charity aside, poker runs are not legal, Abbott rules
- Poker Runs No More In Austin
- Texas Bikers Aren’t Making a Poker Run for the Border Just Yet
- Poker Runs Ruled Illegal in Texas
- State ruling brings charity poker runs to a halt
- Charity poker runs ruled illegal
- Gray Areas in Colorado Poker Laws
- Texas Poker Charity Run Threatened
- Mexico Offers Charity Poker Escape
- Pennsylvania Seeks Funds Seizure in ‘Skill vs. Chance’ Poker Case
- Colorado Poker Laws Up For Interpretation
Poker terminology:
- OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight which can be completed by drawing a card at either end. E.g., 6-7-8-9 is an open-ended straight. Also: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT. Compare: INSIDE STRAIGHT.
- UNDER THE GUN - The position that has to act first in a round of betting.
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
- MISDEAL - A hand dealt incorrectly that must be re-dealt.
- FOURTH STREET - In stud poker, the fourth card dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the fourth community card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is TURN (q.v.).
- CUT - To break the deck into 2 stacks of at least 5 cards each. Usually performed by the player to the dealer's right to insure that the the deck is not stacked.
RSS feed
