Bill that closes one loophole for poker rooms in Texas would also allow counties to green-light them.
Dallas is going after its poker clubs. But a bill filed early in the upcoming Texas legislative session could let counties decide the fate of commercial poker.State Rep. Gene Wu, a Democrat from Houston, filed a bill earlier this month with language that could force many poker rooms shut down across the state. But Wu said a filing error led to a portion of the bill being left out. This portion of the bill would essentially toss the legality of poker rooms into the hands of county officials.
“So we’re trying to provide some protection for people, especially if they’re going to play at home. … But if you are doing it in a commercial setting there should be some clarity about what operations are proper and which ones are not.” Wu doesn’t think there’s enough political support in the Legislature to roll out state regulations on poker rooms, which he said he supports. To him, the next best thing is to leave the decision to the counties. “For the state to put in the regulations, I think is a problem,” he said. “Creating a legal structure where we just tell counties ‘Hey, if you want to do this, if you guys want to have these operations, you figure out the regulatory pathway’ is a smarter political way to go.
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