NYC poker raid?

[satelliter]

Yes

[other1]

Interesting. So you could just throw backgammon sets on all the tables and reopen.

I'm not a backgammon player.. Is the skill to luck ratio in it higher than in poker? You roll the dice to move.. seems like quite an element of luck.

[Luv2DriveTT]

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Interesting. So you could just throw backgammon sets on all the tables and reopen.

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According to a reliable witness, the police knew who all the employees were. Satelliter's risk may continue should he reopen the club for business, as material witnesses may already exist. The police do not have to bust a game in progress, they just need an affidavit from witnesses and a court order.

PS: Please correct me if I am wrong.

TT [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

[The Armchair]

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Interesting. So you could just throw backgammon sets on all the tables and reopen.

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The police do not have to bust a game in progress, they just need an affidavit from witnesses and a court order.

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To do what? If it is to arrest the employees and owners, you are right -- they could just get the witness to sign an affidavit, present that to a magistrate, get a warrant, and go to the named party's houses and arrest them there. No problem.

But if it reopens as a backgammon club, and if backgammon for money is legal, for what would the people be arrested?

[Luv2DriveTT]

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To do what? If it is to arrest the employees and owners, you are right -- they could just get the witness to sign an affidavit, present that to a magistrate, get a warrant, and go to the named party's houses and arrest them there. No problem.

But if it reopens as a backgammon club, and if backgammon for money is legal, for what would the people be arrested?

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The owners are still liable for the club's actions, both current and previous. The players are safe (unless they are fools), but we need to be concerned about the safety of the staff, the owners, and their investment in the club as well or there will never be poker in NYC.

TT [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

[cardshark]

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According to a reliable witness, the police knew who all the employees were. Satelliter's risk may continue should he reopen the club for business, as material witnesses may already exist. The police do not have to bust a game in progress, they just need an affidavit from witnesses and a court order.

PS: Please correct me if I am wrong.

TT

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I would say, you are correct, TT.

[satelliter]

We will not reopen as a backgammon club, although we are soon having a tournament.

Backgammon requires more skill than poker (until recently computers were more competitive at chess than backgammon) and poker requires more skill than pinball.