Video Poker 24/7 - Keep It All Illegal

Video Poker 247 - Keep It All Illegal

In South Carolina, legislators say that there will be no comment or changes to the current gaming law in the state. They say that it is too hard to regulate the differences that can come from specifying which games are illegal and which ones aren’t. So for now, they are all illegal.

They agree that arcade games such as Go Fish are illegal, but they cannot risk the loopholes that might come out of making arcade games legal. They say that if they specify that arcade games are legal, the next day there are people pushing to make video poker legal under the same law.

However, they aren’t exactly knocking down doors to find illegal video poker machines, etc. House Speaker Bobby Harrell says that it is “difficult to figure out how to draw the line.” They say that by setting a boundary, what do you make legal and what ends up being an illegal video poker parlor?

They find it best to make it illegal across the board, as it is just too difficult to do anything else. They say that they will not be examining the gambling bill this session, and many think that has more to do with the fact that it is an election year than it has to do with worrying about setting limits.

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