Charities look to trade in chocolate chips for poker chips

Looking to energize fundraising, charities have called on lawmakers for permission to move beyond traditional bake sales and bingo to capitalize on a poker craze fed by Texas hold'em on television and the ancient Chinese game of Pai Gow.

Trading in chocolate chips for poker chips is proving difficult, however. Nonprofits have balked at tough limits proposed by state regulators, but powerful card club interests are demanding those restrictions to protect their turf. Companies that contract to run casino nights for a cut of the donations are angry and anti-gambling interests want lawmakers to simply fold the games.

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