Bill Legalizing Home Poker Games Busts
Bill Will Not Pass This Year, Leaders Say
POSTED: 10:33 am EDT April 24,
2008
UPDATED: 11:22 am EDT April 24,
2008
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Legislators have folded on a bill that would legalize kitchen table poker.A measure legalizing recreational poker games in homes was sent back to a House panel on Wednesday without debate.The move ends the bill's chances of passing this year.State law currently bans any game with cards or dice.Rep. Wallace Scarborough has said a friendly game of cards should be legal.The Charleston Republican said he introduced the bill after hearing about a 2006 police raid on a poker game in a Mount Pleasant home. Those arrested included a 79-year-old woman.
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