The Poker Gaming Act of 2009 - HB 222

Jose Menendez has filed a bill to declare poker a game of skill and allow the licensing of certain qualified commercial and charitable operators to spread poker in Texas entitled: The Poker Gaming Act of 2009. The requirement to run poker games is that you must have a liquor license, race-track operators license, be tax-exepmt or be an indian reservation. Read the text of HB 222. There are rake resrtictions of 10% up to $4.00 and a tournament size restrictions of a maximum of a $100.00 buy-in.Overall I think the bill is a good start. I do not like the tournament buy-in restrictions at all. Its the big buy-in tournaments that attract tourism and help bring in tax dollars from other States.