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Video Poker 247 - Video Poker No Matter What You Call It

The North Carolina state legislature is kicking themselves for not being clearer about what constitutes an illegal video poker game, as many are taking liberties with what they say are legal games. The state says that any game that looks and works like a video poker machine is illegal per law, but some are saying that it just isn’t that clear.

The fact remains that every day more and more video poker games are appearing across the state, and depending on where they crop up they are not facing any sort of prosecution. The Guilford County District Attorney’s Office says that the video poker machines do not fall under the categories described by the law.

However, the government says that they do. They say that video poker, slot machines, bingo, craps, etc. are all illegal – and the law states that those machines that are "based on or involving the random or chance matching of different pictures, words, numbers, or symbols not dependent on the skill or dexterity of the player" are illegal.

But the law also adds that these video poker and slot machines are illegal if they use a coin or token, credit or debit card, etc. – basically any kind of currency for it to play. The new machines use phone cards, which would make them a form of currency, so even there they are covered under the law making them illegal.

However, as in Guilford County, they are turning a blind eye to the machines and allowing them to run. They say that the law just isn’t clear enough, but one has to wonder how they could get any clearer.


 

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