| New Indiana Poker Room Opened with the Help of Ed
McMahon
Ed McMahon has introduced a new poker room, Royal Crown Hold'Em Club, to
the residents of Muncie, Indiana after thirty years of introducing
Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show. This is the first card room in the
east central Indiana community, home of Ball State University and over
67,000 residents. The Royal Crown has the endorsement of the city's
mayor, yet it operates under a hazy legal cloud.
State of Indiana Excise police Department of Revenue officials have
taken a tough stance on poker tournaments, officially stating that,
"such tournaments held in Indiana are illegal unless conducted by a
licensed non-profit organization." Even the non-profits can have card
games only four days a year, and state legislators have recently created
a new gaming enforcement division. However, laws do allow businesses
such as bingo halls and bars to conduct poker tournaments but not
without heavy restrictions.
Interestingly, riverboat gambling is alive and well in the state with
ten active casinos, drawing residents from Illinois, Ohio, and Kentucky.
With a 33 table poker room and having hosted a WSOP Circuit event last
October, Caesars is the state’s most well known gaming club.
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