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"State says friendly game of poker OK; Opinion is change from historic interpretation of law"

"State says friendly game of poker OK; Opinion is change from historic interpretation of law": The Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier today contains an article that begins, "The occasional game of private poker among friends does not violate the state's anti-gambling laws, the state attorney general's office said Tuesday, bringing a strange new twist to the kitchen-table-poker debate now before the S.C. Supreme Court. One of the office's top attorneys said infrequent, low-stakes, friendly games of cards are not illegal under South Carolina law, stepping back from the long-held assertion by some officials that betting on any game of chance is considered outlawed across the state."

Full post as published by How Appealing on October 20, 2010 (boomark / email).