California: Charities trade chocolate chips for poker chips

By Michael Gardner
COPLEY NEWS SERVICE

SACRAMENTO - Looking to energize fundraising, charities have called on lawmakers for permission to move beyond traditional bake sales and bingo to capitalize on a poker craze fed by Texas hold'em on television and the ancient Chinese game of Pai Gow.

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