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Originally Posted by smoothcriminal99
Probably way more concerning things to worry about than the legality of it for players if you want to feed your anxiety. It’s been operational in the public for a substantial amount of time so typically situations like this require public notice before action is taken against participants or the police is acting in bad faith/entrapment. You can look at the Houston situation when they tried to close down prime social in Houston if you want to see how it would play out/the process they would usually take if they want to close an established business that is licensed and has been in operation for a substantial time. Texas attorney general has publicly stated multiple times he doesn’t want to rule on the legality of club poker so if a county/city has an issue with a poker room they’ll deal with the business/license side of things not charging players.
The Houston attempt to close Prime Social was a farce. The idea was that failure to close them down would lend credence they couldn’t be shutdown. The fix was always in on that one.
The AG doesn’t rule on legality. That is for the courts. AG can express opinion. He can choose to not pursue cases. None of this means legality.
Also choosing to not pursue a crime but later deciding to is nit entrapment. If done maliciously it could be considered selective prosecution. But you will note cops can allow tens or hundreds of speeders go buy but then pull you over. Try telling the judge ‘but others got away with it. They did not even get pulled over.’ Try and see how that flys.
You also are forgetting the players near Ft Worth who were cited but later dropped.
None of this means poker in TX is legal or not. Certainly none means players will be charged and convicted. Then again none means they can’t and won’t be.
The poker situation in TX is unsettled but sometime in the future I expect it will be settled