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  1. 02-08-2007 04:00 PM #1
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    Default Gambling in non gambling states legally

    Maybe this is the wrong forum but I'm curious about this.

    In New Hampshire there is a restaraunt that has poker night...it's a $60 buyin and you get $50 worth of chips...$10 goes towards charity and you cash out at the end of the night. They have police officers on duty and it's a legit establishment. How is this legal when they are trying to ban online poker?
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    Default Re: Gambling in non gambling states legally

    Quote Originally Posted by uscheese
    Maybe this is the wrong forum but I'm curious about this.

    In New Hampshire there is a restaraunt that has poker night...it's a $60 buyin and you get $50 worth of chips...$10 goes towards charity and you cash out at the end of the night. They have police officers on duty and it's a legit establishment. How is this legal when they are trying to ban online poker?
    Playing online poker has never been illegal.
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  3. 02-08-2007 04:42 PM #3
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    Default Re: Gambling in non gambling states legally

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    Quote Originally Posted by uscheese
    Maybe this is the wrong forum but I'm curious about this.

    In New Hampshire there is a restaraunt that has poker night...it's a $60 buyin and you get $50 worth of chips...$10 goes towards charity and you cash out at the end of the night. They have police officers on duty and it's a legit establishment. How is this legal when they are trying to ban online poker?
    Playing online poker has never been illegal.
    right I know..but the powers that be are trying.

    I still find the whole thing very odd.
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  6. 02-08-2007 05:44 PM #6
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    In the UK it's the taking of a rake that breaks laws. If the house doesn't make a profit then it's not illegal - could it be the same in NH?
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  7. 02-09-2007 09:48 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by biondino
    In the UK it's the taking of a rake that breaks laws. If the house doesn't make a profit then it's not illegal - could it be the same in NH?
    I'm pretty sure they are getting around it by saying it's for charity and donating a tiny bit of the money to some charity and then the bar or restaraunt just makes money because they've got 100 bodies in their establishment drinking on a wednesday that normally wouldn't be there.

    I'm hoping to go up sometime soon and check it out...I have a couple of friends who go on a regular basis.
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