{"id":5833,"date":"2018-05-07T15:46:20","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T15:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=5833"},"modified":"2018-05-08T04:08:03","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T04:08:03","slug":"legal-poker-in-texas-card-club-expansion-not-slowing-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/legal-poker-in-texas-card-club-expansion-not-slowing-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Poker In Texas? Card Club Expansion Not Slowing Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the cruelest of life\u2019s ironies (for gamblers, anyway) has long been that one could not legally play Texas Hold\u2019em<\/strong> in the state of Texas<\/strong>. However, a small group of card clubs around the state seek to remedy that fact.<\/p>\n

I recently sat down with the owners of the newest of these clubs, The Poker Club of West Houston<\/strong>. The club, which will open for business on May 7, seeks to become the example for legal poker in Texas.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not easy to gamble in Texas<\/span><\/h2>\n

Texas law on gambling<\/a> is rather austere. Except for lottery, bingo, and live racing carveouts, Texans must go to one of two Native American operations or travel out of state to gamble.<\/p>\n

Otherwise, they are breaking the law. Or are they? There is a section of the code that proves relevant to the issue:<\/p>\n

It is a defense to prosecution under this section that:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n