Video Poker 24/7 - Owners Sue Over Video Poker Law

Video Poker 247 - Owners Sue Over Video Poker Law

The state of North Carolina has a lawsuit on its hands; the owners of electronic games are upset by a law that was passed that pertains to video poker that is too vague for their taste. The law makes video poker illegal in the state, but law enforcement officials are enforcing the law and taking machines that they say are not video poker.

The owners of the games say that their games not even close to being video poker games that they are for amusement purposes only. They were on the ferries that brought people back and forth, and their purpose was to keep children occupied while they were stuck on the ferries. They were not the illegal video poker games that the state says they were.

The machines were taken from the ferries last month by the order of the state Division of Alcohol Law Enforcement Director Mike Robertson. He says that the machines were included in the ban on video poker and that they were illegal and thus were removed.

The owners of the games are suing the state as they say that the games are for amusement purposes only and are asking a Johnston County judge to replace the machines that they took. The judge is expected to hand down his ruling later in the month, but in the meantime the ferries are without their amusement games for the kids.

They say that the games were simply amusement games that did word puzzles, and Robertson maintains that they are in violation of the July 1st law that outlaws video poker.

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