Poker players in Texas are so intent on seeing their hobby legalized, they are willing to put their money where their mouths are.

"Poker players are the only people in the state of Texas saying, 'Please tax us,'" Texas Card Players Association president Vernon Harrison told the Dallas Morning News.

"We want what we would get for that tax, which is a safe place to play poker."

According to the Morning News, residents of Texas can play poker for fun, they can play for money and they can play at home but the minute the "the house or the dealer profits," is the minute it becomes illegal.

Texas state representative Jose Menendez re-introduced a bill in late-November that seeks to legalize poker and many are hoping it goes through.

"Rep. Jose Menendez's bill, the first gambling measure to come before the House Licensing and Administrative Procedures Committee this session, would issue poker licenses to certain establishments, allowing them to collect fees on poker hands and game buy-ins. The poker operators would be taxed based on their revenue," said the Dallas Morning News.

Menendez's bill would give Harrison and company exactly what they want, safety.

"The bill would also require the poker games to provide video surveillance cameras and security, and players would have to be 21 or older."

"We want to make sure when poker is being played, it's played in a place that's safe," explained Menendez.