Posted by Dr Fro 1:05 AM
From: Mark
To: Fro
Subject: Mailbag
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 15:05:17 -0500

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Here's a mailbag post...

As you might imagine, there are a lot of criminal cases regarding Poker.  I recently did a Westlaw seach of all Texas cases (dating back to 1852) thatmention "poker".  The results are interesting, quite humorous, andillustrate that playing poker may be hazardous to your health...(these numbers are approximates)

Cases discussing the legality of poker:  4
Cases mentioning strip poker:  3
Cases discussing illegal video poker machines (8-liners):  42
Cases where a poker argument led to murder, assault, or some other crime:70
Cases where Defendant tried to use the alibi, "I was playing poker with theboys":  24
Cases where an armed robbery/hijacking occurred at a poker game:  118
Cases where someone was beaten with a "fireplace" poker:  45
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watchout for them-there fireplace pokers -cf

 

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