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Message: [QUOTE="Excomm, post: 3026997, member: 187647"] This is true, but the crux of the ruling was based on violation of state statutes (i.e. the crime was not playing poker, but in running an unregistered "business" as defined by the IGBA). Under the Illegal Gambling Business Act (IGBA) of 1970, it is illegal to operate a gambling business that both runs afoul of state laws and brings in more than $2,000 per day or is up and running for more than 30 days. This rigid interpretation would have held up even for players engaged in sport participation for money like a golf tournament. This means that if the business is compliant with state laws it will not be prosecuted under the IGBA. New York just used the IGBA to promote their own "poker is bad" agenda that has persisted in the state forever when they could have used any standard business regulations to prosecute the case for the same reason. [/QUOTE]