Peoria Journal Star: Stakes are pretty low in this poker league
Peoria Journal Star: Stakes are pretty low in this poker league:
Thirty years ago a group of high-rolling and high-profile Peorians, including then-Bradley basketball coach Joe Stowell, got busted at a high-stakes poker game above Jimmie's Lock Shop. If they played their cards right now, those players might find themselves on television in homes throughout metropolitan Peoria. Such is the changed state of gambling.
Of course, they couldn't play their games in this part of the country today any more than they could have three decades ago. In Illinois it is illegal to play for money or prizes unless the games occur in a licensed casino. That's what put the Peoria Poker Club on dangerous ground recently.
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Posted by Jay Brewer at May 17, 2005 4:06 PM
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