Thursday, June 03, 2010

Tribune Execs Threw Poker Party While Newspapers Crumbled


1 comment:

  1. What a special night that must have been-- the "untouchables" at their finest. I have to wonder if Benjamin Homel (a.k.a. Randy Michaels) made his own poker rules, or was it straight up "one-eyed Jacks, and Kings with an ax"?

    I also think the contents of that hallowed office space could be/would be/should be subject to prosecution-- to wit Chicago Gaming law states:

    CRIMINAL OFFENSES
    ARTICLE 28. GAMBLING AND RELATED OFFENSES
    (720 ILCS 5/28 1) (from Ch. 38, par. 28 1)
    Sec. 28 1. Gambling.
    (a) A person commits gambling when he:
    (1) Plays a game of chance or skill for money or other thing of value, unless excepted in subsection (b) of this Section; or

    (2) Makes a wager upon the result of any game...

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