Legislative Update

Sunday, August 15, 2004

Poker Runs are gambling 

Hey just got this info, we knew it would be coming, guess its finally arrived....

Web-posted Saturday, August 14, 2004
She's not bluffing: Games illegal
Potter County attorney warns against charity poker
By KAREN D. SMITHkaren.smith@amarillo.com The Amarillo Globe-News
Odds are some charitable folks have broken state gambling laws without realizing it.Whether sit-down affairs or traveling games on wheels, poker games are illegal unless they're held in a private place, the house takes no cut of the winnings and the chances of winning or losing are the same for all who play.
"If you pay to play and there's a chance to win a prize of value at any card game, that is gambling and that is against the law," Letson said. "And there is not an exception for charity."
The only way to run a legal charity poker game would be to charge to play but offer no prizes, or to offer prizes without charging an entry fee, "but that doesn't make you any money," Letson said.
The whole story at this link below
http://www.amarillo.com/stories/081404/new_gambling.shtml


posted by Elmer  # 4:25 PM

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