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Legal Theory Question For Internet Poker
Assuming online poker is illegal would it be legal to take a laptop to a casino hotel room and play poker on it there?
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Re: Legal Theory Question For Internet Poker
still illegal. still interstate gambling.
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Re: Legal Theory Question For Internet Poker
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Assuming online poker is illegal would it be legal to take a laptop to a casino hotel room and play poker on it there? [/ QUOTE ] Of course it is, as long as you snort some coke and have sex with an underage girl in the hotel room before you log on. |
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Re: Legal Theory Question For Internet Poker
It's illegal for the same reason you can't run a bingo hall or bookie service out of your room.
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Re: Legal Theory Question For Internet Poker
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still illegal. still interstate gambling. [/ QUOTE ] The only federal courts to opine on the issue have held that online poker does not violate federal law. Online poker likely violates many states' anti-gambling laws, however. |
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Re: Legal Theory Question For Internet Poker
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Assuming online poker is illegal would it be legal to take a laptop to a casino hotel room and play poker on it there? [/ QUOTE ] Maybe. It would depend on the law of the state in which the casino is located. |
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Re: Legal Theory Question For Internet Poker
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The only federal courts to opine on the issue have held that online poker does not violate federal law. Online poker likely violates many states' anti-gambling laws, however. [/ QUOTE ] |
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