Video Poker 24/7 - Texas' Illegal Video Poker Trade

Video Poker 247 - Texas’ Illegal Video Poker Trade

Video poker halls are becoming the bane of Texas lawmaker’s existence. Video poker is illegal in Texas, but that hasn’t stopped those that wish to break the law from bringing in illegal video poker games and setting up their “casinos” in places that the police would not necessarily think about going.

In fact, more and more video poker locations are showing up in the last place that Texans would think to look and the one place that everyone goes: the shopping mall. It is true that Texans love to shop, but now it would seem that they enjoy a little video poker with their shopping.

By setting up video poker locations in shopping malls, they are able to use another business as their front, and then only those in the know would be able to participate in what they are really doing there. There is one location that was posing as a gift shop, but it is anything but.

The consumer comes in and hands a special card to the person behind the counter; they are shown to the back room which holds the video poker machines. This way unless you know that they are back there, or have been given a card to participate in the gambling, you don’t know that they are there – which means neither do the police.

The video poker machines are left there for only so long, and then they are moved to another location. This keeps the police wondering where the video poker machines are, as they go to locations that reportedly have them, only to discover that they don’t.

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