2008 May 07 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 3
The southern state of North Carolina has had a long, rough relationship with video poker, and recent testimony seems to indict the Sheriff of Haywood County in a bribery operation to allow illegal video poker to operate. Jerry Pennington, a Henderson Amusement Inc employee, has testified that Haywood County Sheriff Tom Alexander took thousands of dollars every month to not bust the company running the poker games. The testimony came during the trial of former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford, who also is accused of taking tens of thousands of dollars in poker related criminal bribes.
The Island View Casino has a new poker room, and the big turnout at the opening of the room was a happy and expected event. The casino, which before offered other games, now has nine poker tables to cater to the popular card game market. The tables are in a smoke free environment, which is sure to bring in new players who might be off put by a smoky back room…
PORTAGE | Gloria Nystrom is hoping to entice local adults to exercise more by offering them a chance to play a hand of poker.
DEBARY — Even if the state approves a quarter-horse racetrack with a poker room here, the City Council has to rezone the proposed site and that may be too big a hurdle.
Haywood County Sheriff Tom Alexander accepted thousands of dollars from a South Carolina company in exchange for allowing illegal video poker machines in businesses, a company official testified in an Asheville courtroom May 5.
May 7 - A voter registration effort will be launched by the Poker Players Alliance at the World Series of Poker in a bid to get more to join the already one-million-member strong group.
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