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LANSING — Arlene Minsky couldn’t tell you who the current World Series of Poker champion is. Nor is she positive that a straight flush beats four of a kind.

Minsky is the president of the Clinton County Arts Council, a non-profit organization based in St. Johns that promotes the arts and cultural heritage of Clinton County.

The council is hosting an open house this month for its new “train museum,” in St. Johns — complete with restored train cars, models and artwork housed in a historical train depot.

It couldn’t have happened without poker.

“We never would have thought that gambling was going to be something we would benefit from,” Minsky said. “But it has been a godsend.”

It started when the Michigan Lottery’s Charitable Gaming division expanded the types of games available for fundraising years ago, and included Texas Hold’ Em — a type of poker that exploded in mainstream popularity around 2000.

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