A South Carolina lawmaker aims to change the state's gambling laws and make in-house poker games legal.
Rep. Wallace Scarborough is preparing legislation that will allow poker games that can be categorized as "recreational activity." South Carolina gambling laws have not been updated for 200 years (the law was made in 1802) and Scarborough plans to change the current law which he refers to as ridiculous and outdated.
Some say that the law as it is today technically prohibits even some innocent board games such as Monopoly.
This move comes after the arrest of 28-year-old Nathan Stallings, who pleaded guilty on Friday to operating a gambling establishment at Mount Pleasant and was fined $747.
Meanwhile, Scarborough is facing a challenge to find wording for the bill that are free of legal loopholes that could inadvertently allow organized gambling houses to rise, including casinos or private card rooms, where the house seeks a cut of the betting.
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