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: Dispatches from the Culture WarsMore Court Rulings on Poker as a Skill Game
By Ed Brayton
Balko links to a case in Colorado where a jury acquitted a man on charges of running an illegal poker game because they determined that poker was a game of skill.
Last week, however, a Weld County jury agreed with Raley's argument that poker games between friends are just that - poker games between friends. The jury acquitted Raley on a charge of illegal gambling after prosecutors dropped the professional gambling charge before the trial began.Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post..."We never believed we were doing anything wrong whatsoever," Raley said. "It's entertainment. Some people go to the movies. Some people play golf. I play poker."
Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on February 19, 2009 (boomark / email).
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