No Gambling Sign

[Bob Jewett]

"Gambling is illegal at Brushwood sir, . . . . "

I think "No Gambling" signs would be as amusing on golf courses as they are in pool halls.

 

[garczar]

I think "No Gambling" signs would be as amusing on golf courses as they are in pool halls.

i've known golf gamblers that make pool gamblers look like saints. just degenerates in nicer threads.

 

[jimmyco]

Those signs make great backstops when placed on the end rail and the dice come out.

 

[Charlie D]

Gambling yes sign?

 

[gregcantrall]

Ah the No Gambling story has been triggered. Well there was a ground work court case in Washington state that established that playing for money was a contest of skill and therefore Not gambling. While pool tournaments were never questioned the contest of skill ruling meant that in heads up matches the money could be on the table or the light.
So anyway, I was playing a $5 game when a rookie challenged our table with 3 adjacent and vacant. I tried to gently explain that it was a $5 game and he was welcome to challenge at that rate. He puffed all up and played the pool room lawyer with, "you can get the house in trouble for gambling. " My reply was short and to the point. "We are Not gambling. This is A Pool Tournament. Single game single elimination and the entry is $5. When we finish this tournament another will be played. Do you want in?" He took his quarter and left, Grumbling under his breath.

 

[BuffaloSlim]

Back in the day we had 4 pool halls in town I lived in and every one of them had the no gambling sign which nobody paid any attention to of course lol
Sadly all those halls are closed now and only a few coin bar boxes is all that's left for pool there nowadays

 

[MitchAlsup]

I wish rooms ALL had a BIG: NO CELLPHONES sign. I've walked off from a few players when they bust out the phone. Rude as fk imo.

Use the 30 second rule on them.

 

[Jimmy_Betmore]

"Gambling is illegal at Brushwood sir, . . . . "

And I never slice.

 

[HawaiianEye]

The guy who owned the pool hall and put up the sign always staked me.

 

[cueman]

Ok, so, one of my hobbies is that I like to watch old TV shows from my youth. One of the old TV shows that I like to watch late at night is Barnaby Jones. Remember Buddy Ebsen played the older, milk drinking private investigator in Los Angeles.

I was watching an episode last night and Barnaby was in a pool hall talking with a guy playing at a table. In the background, on the wall, was a sign that said:

NO GAMBLING

I thought that was pretty odd for Los Angeles in the 1970s. Was that common place back in the day? Or just something they put up for the show?

r/DCP

Many states had laws saying No Gambling signs had to be posted in pool rooms.

 

[R2PQZ]

At the 211 Club there was not a no gambling sign. But we did have a no whistling sign. Strictly enforced. In most money matches there was no gambling. More stealing than gambling.

 

[Scratch85]

The club I play in has a “No Gambling Aloud” sign but the gamblers seem to be the ones making the most noise.


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