Riders with Heart will hold a "motorcycle benefit ride" rather than conducting a "poker run."
Plans for the poker run, announced Monday in the Journal Star, prompted a call from the Illinois Liquor Commission, which told organizers poker runs are illegal where alcohol is sold.
In a poker run, participants - usually motorcyclists - meet at a location to pay an entry fee and receive information about five other spots where they must pick up a playing card. Those five cards become a poker hand used to determine a winner. Because the run is considered a game of chance, it cannot be played at a bar.
The benefit ride will begin between 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. at Shakers, 105 Sanford St., East Peoria. Riders still will be sent to five locations, but instead of cards will get stamped to prove they visited all locations.
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