KNOW WHEN TO HOLD 'EM; KNOW WHEN TO CLOSE 'EM
7 December 2007
American comedy star thinks UIGEA is "misguided."
Cleverly using the title of poker's most famous game,
U.S. comedian Drew Carey has defended the popular
pastime in a video blog piece titled "Texas Close 'Em"
in which be brands the Unlawful Internet Gambing
Enforcement Act "misguided."
The attack by the comedian, well known for his
prime-time TV series The Drew Carey Show and as the host
of The Price is Right, is carried in Carey's Reason.tv
blog
In the video blog he takes aim at the U.S. government
for its SWAT-style raid earlier this year at the
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1837 in Dallas.
"Poker is about as American as baseball and apple pie,"
Carey said. "It was born here in America. Mark Twain
loved it. He's a great American. Until recently, Supreme
Court justices had a monthly game. They're great
Americans. You'd think playing poker in the VFW hall
would be about as American as anything you can do."
Explaining that the raid is part of a broader plan to
shut down poker even in low-stakes games benefiting
charity, Carey went on to elicit from the veterans that
all the proceeds from the weekly poker game went to
maintaining the VFW hall or to other charitable causes.
The hall has now had to close for lack of funds.
Online Casino News courtesy of
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