Poker in the News

"Dear Abby" answers a question about poker nights.

"Concerned in California" wrote in about a woman and her husband that host regular poker nights, and have started to demand that everyone donate a percentage of their winnings to the "house".

What Abby neglected to say in her response was that although "home poker" games are legal in every state that I'm aware of, home poker games in which the "house" collects money are illegal.
Extortion not part of poker