[Zetack]

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If you were getting together for baseball or Yatzee or whatever I think its ok to tack on a fee to cover expenses if you like. When your talking about poker then you talking about a whole new game. I would pay close attention to what people have been saying about the legality and being a rake. No matter what you want keep your game legal. Here in the Los Angeles area we had a couple of games busted up by the police. People were arrested because they were taking a rake on the action. I will not take any chances and I would suggest anyone should think twice before following that course.

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In my state, juice or no juice, if you're playing for money its illegal. So the rake doesn't change anything except perhaps the liklihood of the game being busted. The fuzz is much more likly to go after a money making operation than a friendly home game. But legally they can go after both.

--Zetack