Video Poker 24/7 - Video Poker Leads to Political Fallout

Video Poker 247 - Video Poker Leads to Political Fallout

Joanne Olszewski was one of the co-chairs of the Joe Hoeffel and Ruth Damsker Democratic ticket, but has had to resign from the position after illegal video poker games were found in her possession. Olszewski and her husband own Cisco’s Bar and Grille in Flourtown, and the establishment was part of a huge video poker gambling ring in Montgomery County.

Olszewski is an elected jury commissioner of the county, and with this discovery will no longer be helping the Democratic candidates fight for control of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners in Southeastern Pennsylvania. The video poker raid comes at a particularly crucial time for the candidates as they only have six more weeks until the November 6th election.

The investigation into the illegal video poker machines was headed up by none other than the rival in the election, Bruce Castor, Jr. Castor claims that he had nothing to do with the video poker case specifically, and that the timing of the allegations was not politically motivated but people just aren’t buying it. They say that Castor purposefully waited until right before the election before accusing Olszewski of running the video poker machines as he was trying to give himself an edge in the election.

Castor says this is not true, but does say that he would like to know if the campaign ever received money from the establishment, or if they had ever played the video poker games there, or if they even held meetings there. Castor says that this kind of illegal video poker activity is just what their county doesn’t need, and he is the man to keep it out.

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