The Wisconsin Supreme Court Votes With Poker Chips

Learned this on a tour of the State Capitol today. There are seven justices, and apparently after hearing a case they vote using a poker chip (this was the term the tour guide used to describe it, anyway) with a smiley face on one side and the name of the justice on the other. They put the chip on one side of the table or the other, and then a chip is chosen randomly from the winning side to see which justice will write the opinion. Pretty good example of how thoroughly poker penetrates American culture.