South Carolina Group Urges Gambling Law Change
The South Carolina Organization of Poker Enthusiasts, considers a current law about "games and betting" archaic. The law was used to ticket players at a Glencoe Street home in the April 12 raid. A petition urging legislators to update the law has gathered several hundred signatures, said John Ridgeway, who runs the Web site, scopeonline. org. "What we're trying to do is to make it permissible for private citizens to play a card game in their own home," Ridgeway said. "We're not interested in black jack, we're not interested in slot machines, we're not interested in other types of gambling.
I don't even play Bingo. "Similar petitions were circulating in Columbia and Greenville before the raid, which inspired Lowcountry enthusiasts to follow suit, he said. The law in question is statute 16-19-40, "Unlawful Games and Betting," which was originally passed in 1802, he said. Some of those ticketed in the Glencoe Street raid demonstrated on Coleman Boulevard Wednesday afternoon.
May 21, 2006
Posted By Bob Hartman
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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