Federal judge rules poker not 'gambling' under federal law
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Federal judge rules poker not 'gambling' under federal law
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by Legal Help Published on 08-22-2012 05:19 PM
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York [official website] ruled Tuesday that a poker game operator could not be tried under a federal gambling law essentially because poker is more a game of skill than a game of chance. Judge Jack Weinstein wrote in a 120-page judgment [order, PDF] that the Illegal Gambling Business Act (IGBA) [Cornell LII materials] does not apply to the poker room operated in a warehouse owned by...
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