Regional TV station "TV Middletown"
could be the latest organization to jump on the Texas Holdem poker bandwagon.
Station board member and volunteer https://www.rtpslotpragmatic.top Leonard Robinson said he is likely to go before
Middletown City Council next month and propose televising a poker tournament
from "TV Middletown" as a fund-raiser.
"We need to come up with some cash
fast," Robinson says after the City Council cut the station's funding by
one-third, in order to balance Middletown's $27 million general fund budget,
for 2005.
The city's total spending was cut about $7
million from the 2004 general fund budget, including TV Middletown's budget,
from about $150,000 to about $100,500.
Robinson said station leadership is
considering several options to increase long-term funding and contributions,
including the poker tournament.
TV Middletown is funded through the city by
its franchise agreement with Time Warner Cable.
A televised Texas Holdem tournament could
feature the same close-up and hidden camera angles that have made celebrity and
professional poker games a hit on channels ranging from ESPN to the Travel
Channel, Robinson said.
Robinson said details about how the
tournament will work and who will play need to be finalized, but he hopes to
have a proposal for council at one of its December meetings.
Poker tournaments and casino events have
become popular and lucrative fund-raisers for many organizations, including
schools, church groups and sports teams.
Crank does not have authority to stop bars
from hosting poker nights, as in Wyoming this is a local issue. Any citations,
or arrests for hosting games would have to be handled by local county or city
officials.
Fifteen hundred miles away in traditionally
conservative Georgia, Dan Miller, manager of Atlanta's Madison Grill, has had a
surprisingly relaxed experience. "We run poker tournaments two nights a
week, and it is our most popular promotion" says Miller. But Miller has
been aware from day one that treachery was out there if he wasn't careful about
how he ran the events. "We have tried to stay away from anything that
remotely could have been construed as gambling." Miller says. The prizes
at the bar's weekly tournaments mainly consist of dollars usable only at the
restaurant, but they have given away a trip or two.
"I think this (restaurant hosted poker)
has become an bigger issue than local authorities have been able to properly
address". Miller continues "We haven't been scrutinized yet at all,
but we go to great lengths to make sure we are playing by the rules."
But the rules are inconsistent, and this inconsistency
has some frustrated with the lack of clarity. "It just seems silly that
people are getting arrested for this. Bars have bikini contests, raffles,
liquor promotions, all of which give away cash." Tim S. says "Yet,
people playing a game for a bar tab is somehow wrong? It's confusing, and
frustrating." Sounds like someone is about to fold.
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