Video Poker 24/7 - Bill Killed

Video Poker 247 - Bill Killed

The South Carolina House of Representatives has just made a lot of kids very unhappy. So afraid of opening a loophole that might allow video poker to come back into the state, they outlawed kids’ games instead.

There was a bill that would allow children’s games that offer prizes, such as those that are found in a Chuck E. Cheese establishment. Kids could play skeet-ball or arcade games and get tickets for winning. They then take those tickets and they pick out prizes for them.

However, the state said that by allowing those types of games people could simply bring in video poker games and pay them out in tickets instead of cash, which would make them legal as well. The bill would have kept video poker illegal and made the children’s games legal – but they refused to allow it.

Rep. Jim Harrison was one of those that vetoed the bill. He said that it was drafted in a way that would have made video poker legal. However, that being said, they are aware that there are currently games that children are playing that they are not going to crack down on.

Those types of games might be technically illegal, but they are not concerned about them. However, illegal video poker games will be confiscated if discovered and charges will be filed for disobeying the law.

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