Comments on: Poker, Law are Both Skill Games PA attorney convinces court that Texas Hold’em is not “unlawful gambling” http://pokerati.com/2009/01/21/poker-law-are-both-skill-games-at-least-in-pennsylvania-court/ Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas WSOP Poker Blog, now with PLO too! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: DanM http://pokerati.com/2009/01/21/poker-law-are-both-skill-games-at-least-in-pennsylvania-court/comment-page-1/#comment-164092 DanM Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:50:43 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=5102#comment-164092 >>the poker boom, which I fear is going south.<< you mean "has gone", right? The poker BOOM has been gone for a while. >>the poker boom, which I fear is going south.<<

you mean “has gone”, right? The poker BOOM has been gone for a while.

]]> By: Marvin C http://pokerati.com/2009/01/21/poker-law-are-both-skill-games-at-least-in-pennsylvania-court/comment-page-1/#comment-164088 Marvin C Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:14:19 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=5102#comment-164088 Back in the early 90s, the Missouri Supreme Court declared poker and blackjack games of skill. When casinos opened in Missouri, no one read the constitution. It outlawed games of chance. The Ill. casinos financed a lawsuit to close the Missouri casinos. For several years, until the the Constitution was ammended, the only games allowed in the Missouri casinos were live blackjack and live poker and poker and blackjack machines. For poker players it was a big plus since the casinos didn't originally intend to have poker rooms. This was a few years before the poker boom, which I fear is going south. Back in the early 90s, the Missouri Supreme Court declared poker and blackjack games of skill.

When casinos opened in Missouri, no one read the constitution. It outlawed games of chance. The Ill. casinos financed a lawsuit to close the Missouri casinos. For several years, until the the Constitution was ammended, the only games allowed in the Missouri casinos were live blackjack and live poker and poker and blackjack machines.

For poker players it was a big plus since the casinos didn’t originally intend to have poker rooms. This was a few years before the poker boom, which I fear is going south.

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