Video Poker 247
- Video Poker Raid was Illegal
According to one business owner, his video poker games were seized
illegally during the North Carolina crack down on illegal video poker
games and gambling. He says that his video poker games are no
different than those found at the local Chuck E. Cheese, and if he is
going to lose his video poker games then they should lose their games
as well.
David Hartzler of B.S. Jones Pub and Grill had his video poker
machines seized by Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office during a recent
raid, and wants them back. Hartzler says that his games are not
illegal video poker machines – that they are “glorified Nintendo
machines” and wants them returned to him. He says that his seized
“video poker” games did not pay out cash and did not have any card
games on them – so they are not illegal, and therefore wrongly seized.
Hartzler is among 35 others who had their video poker games seized,
and were cited with misdemeanors regarding the games. As of July 1st,
all video poker games in the state were illegal. He says that in order
for them to be classified as illegal video poker machines, they would
have had to pay out money and that money has never exchanged hands at
his place of business.
However, the sheriff’s office maintains that they are illegal video
poker games as there is a mechanism within the machine itself that
would enable people to tape into illegal games within them. They say
that they might look like innocent games, but players with the
know-how would be able to play illegal video poker on them when they
got to the screen.
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