August 4th, 2008
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A group of east Montgomery poker players got a surprise Friday night when police officers busted in.
They were playing inside a business at 64 Bell Road that was licensed as El Camino, a scooter sales company, police said.
However no scooters were being sold, and Thursday, Friday and Saturday night games of Texas Hold ‘Em were being played, according to police. The poker games were illegal because the house was making a profit, police said.
The poker business was under the name Red Stag and was exclusive. It required patrons to fill out an application, have a membership card and ring a buzzer to gain entrance to the business near the intersection of Bell Road and Atlanta Highway, police said.
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August 4th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
This raid is just another unfair encroachment on our 4th Amendment rights. That’s our money, we’ve paid our taxes on it, and if we as legal adults want to sit down and play cards at a table where we know they take a rake and we agree to it, then it’s none of the government’s business to shut us down. I believe a poker business should be under rules to ensure fairness, safety, and integrity, and of course I’m not against Big Brother getting a fair take so as to bring in more tax money for social services that we all take advantage of, so let’s do the right thing and legalize poker, both in brick & mortar cardrooms and also on-line, and subject it to fair and intelligent oversight, and let us enjoy ourselves and maybe even make a buck or two while we’re at it!