2009 February 19 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Superior Court Judge Howard Manning struck down North Carolina’s ban on video poker, ruling that it was unlawful to allow the machines on an Indian reservation but prohibit them in the rest of the state.

RALEIGH (AP) - North Carolina can’t legally ban video poker machines while also allowing the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to operate the games on their lands within the state, a state court judge ruled late Thursday. The ruling issued by Wake County Superior Court Judge Howard Manning overturns the 2006 law that ended the state’s 13-year experiment with video poker machines, a popular …

PLEASANTVILLE, S.C., Feb. 20 (UPI) — A judge in South Carolina says five people caught playing poker in a private house must pay what they owe in fines for violating state gambling laws.

MOUNT PLEASANT Five poker players challenging South Carolina’s anti-gambling laws lost their first round Thursday when a judge declared them guilty. But as most poker players know, you can lose the first pot and still stick around for the long haul, meaning an appeal is likely.

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 didnt decide is whether that matters under an 1802 South Carolina law that, read literally, makes any game with cards or dice illegal. State Attorney General Henry McMaster says his office has adopted a looser …

By the late 1980s, the Mayfair Club had firmly established itself as the finest poker club in all of New York City. What differentiated it from the many other underground establishments in the "Five Boroughs" was the unique…

A Mount Pleasant judge’s ruling Thursday could allow South Carolina poker players to ante up in friendly games at home.