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Message: [QUOTE="TPC, post: 1003218, member: 46273"] [SIZE=3]For those of you that don’t know. I use to play a lot of Free Poker at a bar my buddy owned back in Colorado. Fun entertainment, cash prizes and gift certificates, plus a chance at a seat in the WSOP if you fallowed the Free Poker league that hosted the tournaments at my buddies bar.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]So, last week I decided to see if I could find any bars that offered a free poker league like there was back home. Every bar that I called acted like they never heard of something like that!!! The owner of the Free Poker Tour back home started his tour because he enjoyed the game and also to earn an extra income. About 6 months later he quit his job and ran the league full time!!! Five years into it he now gives away a total of 10 seats to the WSOP worth $2,000 each, plus a lot of other cash and prizes!!! I figured, hey, hear is an open market for me to try something that I already know is successful!!!! [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]I called the owner of the Poker Tour back home to see what he did to get started and he gave me a few government agencies that I should look up and contact to make sure every thing was legal. Legal? It’s free poker!!! There is no money involved with the participants, they play for free. It’s like going to trivia night at the bar. You play for free and if you win, you win a prize!!! He told me that free poker is illegal in like 30 states and to check it out so I don’t waste money getting it started. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]This morning I contacted my county offices and they told me that it was illegal. I told them I didn’t understand, it’s not gambling no one is risking or loosing anything. It is a promotion that a bar runs which is free to play and the contestant has a chance to win a prize!!! The lady in the office told me that there is an on going lawn suit in the State of New York to try and legalize free poker, but as of right now it’s illegal and if a bar ignores the law, they will be fined heavily and could lose their liquor license for an unspecified time!!![/SIZE] [SIZE=3]I couldn’t believe it!!! Why does poker have such a bad rap? I can see why they wouldn’t want a cash game going on in a bar and all that. But if it’s free and the participants risk nothing, how can that be illegal? [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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