If you frequent live poker rooms in Texas, then you need to know the name, Mark Lavery.
Lavery is a Chicago-based attorney who has brought a lawsuit against multiple poker clubs, including several San Antonio-area live poker establishments owned by businessman Sammy Wayne Nooner, according to Bexar County court records.
Lavery contends the facilities are illegal and, if his lawsuit is successful, the businesses named in his lawsuit will have to shut down. The lawsuit is another twist in a long saga about the legality of live poker rooms in Texas.
Texas law allows live poker games to take place in “private places”. But makes it illegal for the house to take a rake.
