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A Devon man who flew to Las Vegas to play poker when he should have been doing unpaid community work has been sentenced to three months in prison.
Scott Henry was told by the judge at Exeter Crown Court: "If there was a sentence for stupidity you would be serving life imprisonment."
Henry, 23, of Abbey Crescent, Torquay, had been given a community order after admitting a raid on a nightclub.
The court heard he flew to the US in the hope of making money playing poker.
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Another story from the BBC:
The Court of Appeal has upheld a landmark decision by a jury that poker is a game where chance and luck predominates the player’s skill.
Last January Snaresbrook Crown Court convicted Derek Kelly, 46, of running unlicensed poker games and breaching two counts of the 1968 Gaming Act.
Kelly appealed on the grounds that the trial judge had misdirected the jury during his summing up.
But the appeal court judges disagreed and dismissed the appeal.
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Another story from the BBC:
A gambler has been sent to jail for stealing a dead friend’s identity in a bid to escape his £50,000 poker debts.
Norman Kay, 63, of Courtenay Terrace, Starcross, Devon, had planned to disappear and secretly meet up with his wife under his new name.
Kay had earlier pleaded guilty to improperly obtaining a passport, making false representations and attempted deception at Exeter Crown Court.
Judge Jeremy Griggs sentenced Kay to nine months in prison.
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