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Old 07-20-2005, 01:51 PM
gregdillon gregdillon is offline
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Default Re: Legalities of starting a Holdem tournament at a Pennsylvania Bar.

I don't know if it's the same in PA as it is in OH, but even if you hold a game and take no rake, but sell pop, you are breaking the law because you are profiting from the "gambling."

I have always wondered this, and mabey someone much smarter than me would know the answer. If you were to open a poker room in Ohio and charge nothing for entrance, sell nothing in the room, and take no rake could you ask for a donation? Just a box at the door that says "Did you have fun? DONATE!" Would you be breaking the law? You're not charging. It would be like the PBS radio station of poker rooms. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
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