Bill would let charities planning poker nights to hold 'em

CA Charity Poker May Soon Be Legal
Poker - Topix 02/22/06 06:02
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.

California Assembly Approves Charity Poker Bill
OnlinePoker-News 02/20/06 15:55
Poker is big in California. Being the state that houses the second-most sanctioned poker tables in the entire U.S., many of them in famed card rooms like the Commerce Casino and the Bicycle Club Casino, California is known for having an action-packed poker scene. It is thus hardly surprising that local charities try to tap the pool of California's poker lovers in order to raise money through immensely popular No-Limit Texas Hold 'em tournaments. Unfortunately for them, however, poker fundraisers are illegal according to state law.

Among college students, poker is big again
PokerGazette 02/15/06 21:51
For generations of American college students, poker night was as much a tradition as pledge week and homecoming. But with the dominance of video gaming, it has for years been much easier to find students playing Halo than Hold 'Em. Until recently, anyway.With televised poker on cable networks as varied as ESPN and Bravo and the explosion of online gaming sites, poker is the new music downloading -- and area college kids are anteing up."I started out playing online at Bodog.com," said Chet Patel,