California
Bill Would Allow Charity Poker
As reported by the San Jose
Business Journal: "The California Assembly
has upped the ante on charity poker by approving
legislation that would allow a wide variety
of nonprofits to hold fundraisers using gambling.
"The
bill, introduced by Alberto Torrico, D-Newark,
is given a good chance of passage in the Senate
where it now awaits action. Attorney General
Bill Lockyer is a sponsor.
"…The
Almaden Business Association ran afoul of the
poker ban last October when it planned to hold
a Texas Hold 'em poker fundraiser to pay for
furniture in a planned children's story room
in the new Almaden library branch…"
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