August 21st, 2008
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MOUNT PLEASANT — Five “Texas Hold ‘em” poker players fighting gambling tickets from an April 2006 police raid finally get to argue that their case should be tossed out.
South Carolina’s anti-gambling laws are unconstitutional and unenforceable, they contend, and will ask a municipal court judge Friday to dismiss the case outright.
Barring a last-minute change of schedule, the action would be the first in months involving the final group of amateur players. Most of the two-dozen people cited in the private home raid already pleaded out, with some paying fines as low as $100.
Bob Chimento, a spokesman for the hold-out players, said the motions hearing should be eventful. If the judge tosses the case out, the issue might end with a quick victory for the players, he said.
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Charleston, SC Latest Local News: Poker players to get hearing
Author Contact Info: Schuyler Kropf, The Post and Courier
