More Charges for Accused Dealers in Poker Cases

CHARLESTON (AP) -- The seven people accused of dealing card game at high-stakes stove poker games in the Capital Of West Virginia country human face more than serious complaints than the more than 50 people accused of playing poker. Capital Of West Virginia County Sheriff Aluminum Cannon told The (Charleston) Post and Messenger that South Carolina still handles dealing as a misdemeanor, but a individual convicted of the law-breaking could pass as much as a twelvemonth in jailhouse and be fined $2,000 for each count. Investigators state the traders earned $1,300 a nighttime from game hosts, who collected $5 from each participant for each hand. The accused participants will confront a judge tomorrow on complaints of gambling, which transports a upper limit punishment of 30 years in jailhouse or a $100 mulct for each count.