North Carolina Video Poker Bust

North Carolina has not been video poker friendly for some years, and a recent bust in the southern state's mountains closed an underground casino. Two million dollars were stashed in a man's house, where players were winning cash prizes up to $90. State law says that the most a video poker player can win is $10, and in merchandise, not cash. The wide ranging investigation into the illegal operations in western North Carolina ended when federal agents raided more than eight businesses in Madison and Buncombe counties. Starting Sunday in North Carolina it will be a misdemeanor crime to posses video poker machines, which will be banned at that point.