FREE POKER LEAGUE CHALLENGES NY STATE
31 October 2008
U.S. bar poker leagues seek clarification on
application of New York state laws
Another American gambling legal tussle is imminent,
this time in New York state where Missouri-based Free
Poker Experience LLC has filed suit against the state in
an effort to clarify regional laws on gambling with
particular reference to bar poker leagues.
Bar poker leagues frequently host poker tournaments as a
popular promotional vehicle to generate business, and
Benjamin Scheck, the feisty owner of Free Poker
Experience, says that state gambling law should have no
application in the case where entry is free to anyone
interested in playing, and prizes are subsequently given
out based on final placings in the contest. He claims
this does not constitute gambling as defined in state
law, which requires evidence that a gambler "...stakes
or risks something of value upon the outcome of a
contest, with an agreement or understanding that he will
receive something of value in the event of a certain
outcome."
Bar owners make their profits from food and drink served
to the players, who are attracted to the premises by the
free tournaments.
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