Card Rooms near Columbus Ohio?

[texaspimp]

How are these charity games legal? Are there limits on the number of events per month/year?

Is this an statewide "legal" endeavor or county/city? Any info would be appreciated.

Oh yeah, HOOK EM HORNS!!!!!!!!

[Victor]

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How are these charity games legal?

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they are legal so long as 100% of the rake goes to a charity. most operators seem to have a conceptual problem understanding 100% tho.

[slavic]

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How are these charity games legal?

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they are legal so long as 100% of the rake goes to a charity. most operators seem to have a conceptual problem understanding 100% tho.

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Good lord, ask a simple question and you come across the seediest sides of gambling life around the country. Well it darn sure is interesting how this works, I must admit it's quite a bit better than what happens in the undergrounds of Houston, Dallas, and Austin.

I really do like playing in a state that has legal casinos, that are well run(mostly) and regulated.

[Victor]

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How are these charity games legal?

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they are legal so long as 100% of the rake goes to a charity. most operators seem to have a conceptual problem understanding 100% tho.

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Good lord, ask a simple question and you come across the seediest sides of gambling life around the country. Well it darn sure is interesting how this works, I must admit it's quite a bit better than what happens in the undergrounds of Houston, Dallas, and Austin.

I really do like playing in a state that has legal casinos, that are well run(mostly) and regulated.

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as a player you are safe from legal problems. the cops only hassle the organizers.

[Ryan Z]

Bingo, Fund Raising Events - A LAS VEGAS WEEKEND Sept. 8, 9, 10, 11 4PM to ? Super Tournament Sat-Sun, 2pm Regular Tournament 4 PM American Legion 5477 Sandalwood Blvd. 71 N to Morse Rd., go east to Karl Rd. turn left to Sandalwood turn left American Legion next to Sequoia Bowling Alley. Phone: 893-7557. Free food & admission. Hold'em. Black Jack, 7 Card Stud, Texas Hold 'em, (all limits) 31-1486788
Location: OH Date: 9/8/2005
Source: Columbus Dispatch

Sounds like a regular game to me. Also, for those who may be interested, check out the Blackjack. No joke, they used to play 2 deck shoes with Casino rules (pushes on all hands 17-21, doubles allowed, splits, etc.) I played a couple times just to win my buy in at 5/10. Not too shabby.

-ryan

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Victor while its true that the cops will only hassle the organizers, if they come in and "sting" the joint, don't they confiscate all chips that are on the table, and hence, all the players' money as well?

They were doing that a year ago. Are most of the charity games in Cleveland "safe" now?

[puzzlemoney]

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How are these charity games legal? Are there limits on the number of events per month/year?

Is this an statewide "legal" endeavor or county/city? Any info would be appreciated.

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They're definitely legal; I believe it's statewide.

There is a company here that runs charity tourneys ( Reece's Online ) and they had a tournament shut down over the summer because the organization had exceeded its allotted number of charity gambling events (I think for the month, but I'm not sure of the time period).

[Randy_Refeld]

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They're definitely legal; I believe it's statewide.

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The games as run are illegal. It is legal to have the poker games if they dont' make any money. TYpically what they do is they wrote down half of what is dropped and give that to the charity and keep the other half off the book to pay people. They typically snatch double or triple rake from each pot so the shortfall doesn't show up on the books (and so they make more moeny).