Texas Bill Presented to Shut Down Membership Poker Clubs (1 Viewer)

[slisk250]

Colorado has it all except bass fishing and beaches. Gambling, beer, weed, mushrooms, skiing, Off road 4wd, Red Rocks, a big PCF game connection. You could give me a house in Texas…I ain’t going.

 

[Frogzilla]

I really want to hate on Texas here, but the more I think about it, the more letting counties decide if they want poker seems to make sense. The only problem I’d gave with it is that I’d feel better with a state gambling commission overseeing interfaith and protecting players, and I can’t imagine that would happen with this plan.

As long as counties that don’t want it are upfront and block the clubs from ever opening, this is best in my view. If they let them open, mayor at the ribbon cutting, then come in, steal all the stuff including $200k cash, and then pursue criminal charges against all the players and workers, well that’s not great. I doubt a county would ever try that though

 

[Meddler2]

How to replacing "public place" with "private residence" actually affect the poker clubs though?

An example of a do-gooder creating a problem where one doesn't really exist:
"The state rep doesn't want to target poker rooms such as Texas Card House who operate in good faith. He's more concerned with preventing the "bad actors" who don't follow the law from running gambling establishments in Texas."

Who / where are these bad actors?

 

[Frogzilla]

How to replacing "public place" with "private residence" actually affect the poker clubs though?

The requirement now is private place, and the social clubs are adamant that they are private places by requiring applications and memberships to be in the building and do anything. But they aren’t residences by any stretch.

 

[Frogzilla]

An example of a do-gooder creating a problem where one doesn't really exist:
"The state rep doesn't want to target poker rooms such as Texas Card House who operate in good faith. He's more concerned with preventing the "bad actors" who don't follow the law from running gambling establishments in Texas."

Who / where are these bad actors?

Bad actor could mean running illegal blackjack, craps, slot games, money laundering, etc….but from what I can see good actors make the right campaign donations. Bad actors don’t.

 

[NotRealNameNoSir]

Try Indiana. We have casinos, and we were one of the first states to have legal sports betting after the Supreme Court decision. But start a card room? Or a home poker game? ILLEGAL.

Pretty standard; they cant make money off those. Guess card room not so much, but home games...