Poker isn't Gambling...

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  • Moliere
    One man.....one pie
    • Oct 2009
    • 27843
    #1

    Poker isn't Gambling...

    ...or so says a NY judge.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...uffington+Post)

    "Because the poker played on the defendant's premises is not predominately a game of chance, it is not gambling" as defined in the federal law, the judge wrote in a lengthy decision that traced the history of poker and federal laws to combat illegal gambling.
    "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf
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    • old_gregg
      scaly man fish
      • Nov 2009
      • 16915
      #2
      poker is definitely not gambling in the same sense that slots or roulette is gambling. it's also no more gambling than uninformed day trading.
      Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.

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        • Non Sequitur
          Where did I put my bodkin
          • Nov 2008
          • 5773
          #3
          If the ruling comes from a federal judge, how does that affect state laws banning poker?
          "The mind is not a boomerang. If you throw it too far it will not come back." ~ Tom McGuane

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