Seniors Gambling for Toilet Paper? Thank Heavens the Government Is Here to Stop It!

Seniors Gambling for Toilet Paper? Thank Heavens the Government Is Here to Stop It! - Hit & Run : Reason.com:
"Consider this just another version of the regular “Officials Force Kids to Shut Down Lemonade Stand” story coming from other end of the life experiences spectrum.
Periodically government officials step in to screw with the older folks in small communities for the crime of having fun in unapproved fashions.
Typically this means low-stakes casual gambling.
How low?
This low:
Two or three days a week, 88-year-old Berylda Wilson and her friends get together to play euchre at the Delaware County Senior Citizens Center.
But because they pay a couple of bucks to play and take home prizes like packs of cookies or toilet paper, they're breaking Indiana law — and state officials have ordered an end to the illegal gambling.
The Indiana Gaming Commission last week contacted officials of the senior center — where the most common regular activities, besides euchre, include bridge and line dancing — and told them the pay-for-play must stop..."