Wisconsin ban on poker stays

August 15, 2015

Quoting the precedent of 1964 case State v. Morrissy (25 Wis. 2d 638), a Madison Circuit judge in Wisconsin upheld the state’s ban on poker in a case this week. Poker is currently banned in commercial buildings, including taverns and pubs, although electronic poker is permitted at tribal reservation casinos operating in the Badger state. […]

Poker players trying for legalisation in Wisconsin

January 24, 2015

Wisconsin poker players trying to persuade a state judge to declare the game one primarily of skill in order to circumvent local anti-gambling laws have engaged the expert services of Professor Robert C. Hannum, a Professor of Risk Analysis and Gaming at the University of Denver and an expert member of the Gaming Studies Research […]