The Post and Courier of Charleston reports that 26 men have been arrested in last Friday nights sting in Hanahan. The raid wass the conclusion of a year long investigation of gambling among local professionals. Some of these men turned themselves in while one stands to fight this in court. Martin Reyes. The 200 year old South Carolina law that prohibits dice and card games.
http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/apr/07/accused_gambler_aims_fight_charges36367/
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26 men arrested in Hanahan last Friday night. Police have identified 65 with this operation and say more arrest are on the way. Reyes says he plans to fight this case in court. Reyes, owner of heating and air, business says," We are all grown men. We can do what we want to do with our own money. A lot of us are professionals. A lot of us own our own business". He later added ,"
A lot of us are trying to get experience to go to these tournaments we see every day".
Meaning they are "practicing" to make it to the World Poker Tour, the televised poker on ESPN. This is tricky because that law was set 200 years ago does it still pertain to todays living when we have games such as these on tv for the world to see? Does this law need to be thrown out or changed? And should they fight this case in court? I do not believe this law should still be in the books because poker has become a hot new card game and took off a few years ago more and more people are playing to make money in tournaments. I do believe they should fight this in court even though the maximum sentence for this case is 30 days in prison and $100 fine those 30 days could get just about everyone involved fired from their job or cause business to fail. Not only that I don't really see the harm in playing poker as long as money was the only substance used as a betting tool. I think Reyes was right when he said its our money we should be able to do with it what we please. Who is this game harming I guess is the real question. Say if it was like the mafia and people were losing arms, legs, and fingers yes they should be arrested but if it is just money and hanging out with other guys I don't see the harm. I guess I don't see the harm because I used to play with my friends every few weeks and our games were only $5 buy-ins it is still the same game no matter how much money is involved so I guess I should have been arrested too? I hope for my sake that Virginia has different laws then South Carolina or I may be spendng a little time in jail with a pretty hefty fine (sarcasm) next time it happens.
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