The State - News from Aug. 22, 1989

Jackpot poker, a game now popular in some California card rooms, violates state law prohibiting unofficial lotteries, the state attorney general’s office said in Sacramento. The initiative that created the California Lottery in 1984 specifically prohibits the authorization of any other lottery in the state. Jackpot poker is a form of lowball poker, a game that is legal in card rooms where not prohibited by local ordinance.