Lawmakers In SC Look To Save At Home Poker Games

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For years residents of South Carolina have had to hope that law enforcement looked the other way when they played poker in privacy of their own home.

The issue of selective enforcement under a century-old gambling ban has been up for debate since authorities raided a home Texas Hold ‘em game in Mount Pleasant back in 2006.

Lawmakers in both the State Senate and House of Representatives are trying to push through a bill that would allow churches and nonprofit groups to host games and raffles intended to raise money. The legislation would also permit friends and family to play card and dice games in their homes.

Senate President Glenn McConnell and Rep. Jim Merrill have spearheaded the movement circulating in the House and Senate.

Opponents to the bill feel that changing gaming law is dangerous because it allows the commercial gambling industry to find loopholes to the law and begin to operate within a gray area of the law.

The legislation has been on the Senate calendar since the end of session last year with no action. McConnell, R-Charleston, said the Senate has been tied up with more pressing issue.

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