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2011 SESSION

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SB 849 Illegal gambling; clarifies that poker games are deemed games of skill and are not illegal.

Introduced by: J. Chapman Petersen | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Illegal gambling; poker a game of skill.  Clarifies that poker games are deemed games of skill and nothing in the definition of illegal gambling shall be construed to make any poker game illegal. The bill defines "poker game" as any of several card games in which a player bets that the value of his hand is greater than that of the hands held by others, in which each subsequent player must either equal or raise the bet or drop out, and in which the player holding the highest hand at the end of the betting wins the prize, stake or other consideration, or thing of value.

FULL TEXT

• 01/07/11  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11102096D  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/07/11  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11102096D
• 01/07/11  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/11/11  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
• 01/19/11  Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (14-Y 1-N)