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A Pueblo poker room that has been on law enforcement’s radar for four years finally was raided last week by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, according to court records made public on Thursday.

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Joe Brennan is the President and CEO of the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA), at the recent Next Generation in Gambling Conference in Montreal, Mr. Brennan took the time to speak with iGaming News about iMEGA’s missions and why they are opposed to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA)

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Last December, the Remote Gambling Association (RGA) filed a formal complaint with the European Commission alleging discrimination by the United States in its internet gambling practices. The complaint centers around European internet gambling companies being shut out of the U.S. market while the United States “allows domestic online gaming operators, primarily horse betting, to flourish.” Poker News Daily has learned that the European Commission is scheduled to visit Washington, D.C. this month.

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The recent case of Police v Jones, Police v Ravesi [2008] SAMC 62 confirms that poker involves skill and is not merely a game of chance. Although the outcome of this case was dependent on the specific wording of the South Australian statute, it confirms the view taken by most Australian authorities that poker should be treated differently from other games when considering whether unlawful gambling has taken place.

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GUADALUPE COUNTY — Nearly a dozen people at two local underground poker parlors have been issued citations for illegal gambling in the wake of a months-long undercover investigation by county officials.

Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Investigator Lt. Kevin Jordan said sheriff’s deputies, Department of Public Safety troopers and investigators who work for County Attorney Elizabeth Murray-Kolb raided a home adjacent to the San Antonio Raceway Friday night in Marion and shut down an illegal poker game, issuing 11 misdemeanor citations.

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Colorado’s gambling law has put a damper on a star-studded charity poker tournament planned for next week during the Democratic National Convention.

The “Poker at the Ballpark” tournament initially had a seat in the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event, valued at $10,000, as the grand prize.

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Poker chips get advertised as Father’s Day gifts in sporting goods stores. TV shows with play-by-play tournaments are beamed into living rooms. Nationally, the poker craze is everywhere.

But in South Carolina, hosting a kitchen-table card game might still bring the police knocking on your front door with a warrant.

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Judge Leslie Miller scheduled a Sept. 29 hearing to determine whether to issue a temporary restraining order to shut down the month-old Club Royale poker room.

The hearing starts at 2 p.m. in Room 475 at Pima County Superior Court, 110 W. Congress St.

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MOUNT PLEASANT — Five “Texas Hold ‘em” poker players fighting gambling tickets from an April 2006 police raid finally get to argue that their case should be tossed out.

South Carolina’s anti-gambling laws are unconstitutional and unenforceable, they contend, and will ask a municipal court judge Friday to dismiss the case outright.

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The Pascua Yaqui Tribe filed suit Tuesday against Club Royale, a new poker room at 2665 N. Campbell Ave., seeking the club’s closure and alleging that it engages in illegal gambling.

The suit also names Harold S. Lee, founder of the Tombstone-based International Card and Game Players Association, with which Club Royale and a couple of non-tribal poker rooms in the Phoenix area are affiliated.

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