The Southern Highland Reader

CHARLOTTE–Wake County Superior Court Judge Howard Manning ruled last week that the state’s three-year-old statute banning video poker is unlawful.

Manning argues that the state can’t make the game legal in one place (Cherokee) and not another (everyplace else).

Advocates of the ruling say the state is hypocritical in that it raises funds for itself through a lottery. These advocates say that by banning video poker, North Carolina is simply eliminating competition for the public’s gambling dollar.

Opponents of the ruling call video poker the “crack cocaine” of gambling, and a political corruption-magnet to boot.

The Charlotte Observer weighs in here.

Tags: Charlotte Observer, Cherokee, gambling, North Carolina, Opinion, video poker

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