Not sure if this helps or hurts the poker cause … but the Texas Lottery has introduced a new $50 scratch-off game. Could spark an anti-gambling uproar, you gotta think, that might make the \”no-no-no more gambling!\” minority scare a few undecideds against the Texas Poker Act, which is still waiting to see if it can get on the \”major state calendar\” for a vote this week.
Or it could plausibly put the Lege into \”fuck-it\” mode … \”hell, if we\’ve got the biggest lottery game in the nation, then why not Texas Hold\’em, gowl-dangit?\” After all, even the Southern Baptist-lovin\’ Sen. John Carona (R-Dallas) has publicly shilled for gambling in Texas — full-fledged casino variety, no less — on the grounds that it is the will of the public to see these dollars stay in state. Interestingly enough, it\’s the Texas Lottery Commission that would be charged with the regulation and oversight of poker, as per HB 3186.
Meanwhile, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram has an article with instructions for wagering on Texas-related politics online via Bodog. I wonder if the ST realizes how much money they could make if they linked to Bodog with an affiliate code.
