A temporarily anonymous reader writes in with an update on some cases against \”alleged\” poker dealers and room operators at the Audie Murphy VFW, which was raided (as opposed to just busted) in April:
I just thought you might want to know that all of the Gambling Promotion charges that were pending against 11 alleged dealers, and or operators have been deleted,or shall I say in the words of that wonderful attorney of mine \”Dallas County has decided to throw in the towel\”. Chalk up another one for the Poker Players and give my attorney a raise? NOT!!! he was expensive enough to begin with but well worth it.
Cool, awesome … good for you. I mean except for the legal fees part. But considering how much money Dallas attorneys tend to donk into a game, it\’s probably a wash, right?
(Not sure \”deleted\” is an actual legal term, by the way. But I suspect it is still good for the defendants.)
More on the VFW and other poker busts in Dallas here.
These came, interestingly enough, just a couple weeks after the Dallas DA publicly declared his support for HB 3186, which set out to clarify the legality of raked poker games and set up standards to regulate such businesses.