Federal Court Ruling Poker is a Game of Skill and Not Illegal Gambling !!!

[vixen777]

PPA Applauds Federal Court Ruling that Poker is a Game of Skill and NotIllegal Gambling
Washington, DC (August 21, 2012)
–The Poker Players Alliance(PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, today lauded a federalcourt’s ruling that poker is a
game of skill and is not illegal gambling under the Illegal Gambling Businesses Act (IGBA).The decision of Judge Jack Weinstein of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
New York is the first federal court decision on whether poker is a game of skill rather thangambling. The court resoundingly ruled it a game of skill. The ruling stated that,
“Neither the textof the IGBA nor its legislative history demonstrate that Congress designed the statute to cover allstate gambling offenses. Nor does the definition of ‘gambling’ include games,
such as poker,which are predominated by skill.”“As we worked for years defending players against vague gambling laws, we have patiently waitedfor the right opportunity to raise the issue in federal court.
Today’s federal court ruling is a major victory for the game of poker and the millions of Americans who enjoy playing it,”

“Judge Weinstein gave the government an opportunity to prove that poker was a game of predominant chance, but even federal prosecutors could not provide an expert of any kind thatcould conclude that chance predominates over skill in poker. We could not be more pleased withthe outcome of today’s decision,” continued Pappas

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[judyb57]

Right on!

 

[timwilcob]

well with this and other developments , this could be very well THE election year for Americans.. i suppose ..

 

[CareyG]

Awesome news!​

 

[vixen777]

NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge in New York has handed a victory to poker advocates, ruling that the card game is not gambling under federal law because it is primarily a game of skill, not chance.

The decision Tuesday by Judge Jack Weinstein in Brooklyn is likely to be embraced by advocates of card games who are pushing to legalize Internet poker
in the United States.

The ruling resulted in the dismissal of a federal criminal indictment against a man convicted last month of conspiring to operate an illegal underground poker club.
The judge relied in his decision largely on findings by a defense expert who analyzed Internet poker games. Weinstein noted that the federal statute was created to combat organized crime.
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[judyb57]