Poker runs illegal in Texas..Happy New Year:(

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Just read this.....

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today ruled poker run fundraisers as ‘illegal gambling’ under that states law.

Poker runs typically have a participant paying a registration fee or have the motorcycle rider purchase cards or hands at various rally points. At the end of the run, a cash prize is usually awarded for the best hand, the second-best hand and the worst hand.

Abbott ruled that a poker run with cash prizes would amount to a lottery under state law. He said an organization that kept part of the proceeds for charity would violate the state's prohibition on gambling

The sad irony is that the poker run that prompted Abbott's opinion was organized by the Blue Knights Texas XXXI chapter to raise money for Galveston County Deputy Sheriff Michel Roy, who was injured in April when his squad car collided with a drunken driver's vehicle.

Just found this...sad really.......read the full article at the Houston Chronicle

or on my blog!