Poker in the News

The state of North Carolina doesn't want Harrah's Cherokee Casino to offer live poker games. It appears that hosting live poker games would be "legally impossible under state law".

North Carolina's rules permit video maching gambling in Cherokee Casino, but not live table games.

However, those rules wouldn't apply if the casino doesn't collect a "rake" or time charge for the games. Will Harrah's decide to offer poker, even if they don't make money off of the games? We'll have to wait and see--- but the decision really comes down to whether Harrah's estimates that a poker room will bring in enough ancillary business to make running a poker room at a loss profitable.

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