No, this isn’t really her picture, in case you were wondering. But 79 year old Amelia “Midge” Cheseborough probably looked about as threatening as this card playing granny when she was handcuffed along with a couple dozen other home game poker players in Mt. Pleasant, SC back in April.
As I predicted in the original post, at least one South Carolina legislator thought the fallout from this poker raid provided a good opportunity to reconsider long standing laws in the state which make all games of cards and dice illegal. As noted before, the current prohibition includes….ummm, lets see: Uno, Chutes and Ladders, Monopoly, Yahtzee, Sorry, pretty much anything Parker Brothers cranks out. Break out the cards or board games in South Carolina and you may be going to the big house.
Amelia “Midge” Cheseborough initially dug in her heels, along with 14 of the 22 arrested, and opted for a trial rather than plead guilty and pay the fine for her crime. She has since decided to pay the Man and be done with it. So she is out her $20 in chips which she had when the raid went down, another $85 which was in her purse, and now $50 in court fees. At least she has her freedom…just not to play any games with cards or dice.
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