COLJI-Crim. F:279.5

“Poker” means a card game played by a player or players who are

dealt cards by a dealer. The object of the game is [for each player to bet the

superiority of such player’s hand and win the other players’ bets by either

making a bet no other player is willing to match or proving to hold the

most valuable cards after all the betting is over] [for each player, whether

by reason of the skill of the player or application of the element of chance,

or both, to hold a poker hand entitled to a monetary or premium return

based upon a publicly available pay schedule].

[In a variation of poker in which there can be more than one winning

hand and the dealer’s participation is necessary or desirable to improve the

game for players other than the dealer, the dealer may play, but under no

circumstances may the dealer place a wager in any game in which he or she

is dealing. A game in which the player holding the highest-scoring hand

splits his or her winnings with the player holding the lowest-scoring hand

does not qualify as a “variation of poker in which there can be more than

one winning hand.”]