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[QUOTE="dj11, post: 1834304, member: 13851"]
Once upon a time in livepokerland, the State of California was a poker haven (it is now also).  Those advocates against gambling addiction somehow got the whole state to agree that the only legal game in California would be lowball.  Razz!  Pure guess is that if you feel unlucky, lowball would be your game.  And since problem gambling never happens with winning players, lowball was a sick attempt at creating an atmosphere that would discourage the losers.  After all, how excited can one get when the aim of the game is to get the worst possible hand?

I grew up knowing where the card house was.  On the peak between the San Fernadon Valley and Simi Valley, there was the obvious grand view restaurant and it had the card room.  Not to far from Spahn's Ranch (you remember Charlie Manson, right?).  I lived in the valley at the time, and later learned there were several card clubs in Gardena.

For years and years it was the only live legal game available in California.  I believe the Indian Tribes get credit for changing that, but I can't be sure.  The expansion of gambling at cardrooms in California began at about the same time the state gave preference to the Indian Gaming act but most of the existing clubs were grandfathered in.

Point here is that the best solution is probably to write in some funding for the addiction problem largely as a pacifier.  Else they will get overly involved in how and what games get played.
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