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The Piper

The Piper

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I'm getting back into pool, and honestly I haven't played a serious game in like 10 years... Year's my question I started watching some videos online and started catching up and revisiting some old favorite videos that I saw on VHS from my old and now closed local pool hall :D:thumbup::rolleyes:

How the hell are some of these places getting away with open gambling and filming and putting it online? Seems like this type of action would have been shutdown a long time ago. Do pool halls suddenly have a legal license to gamble that I haven't learned about?
 
Stupid Answer:

The authorities are more concerned with race, gay and gender type issues. :rolleyes:

I did just read where they had a raid (I think this was in Florida) on the clubhouse in a seniors community for a penny ante card game. Really???? What's wrong with that picture?
 
Two players can agree to play a set for any amount they wish and in most states that is not gambling. That is a test of skill and both men can affect the outcome. It is not gambling until an outsider (railbird) decides to bet on the game. He is gambling because he has no skill set involved and cannot affect the outcome of the game.

Two players setting a financial goal achieved through skill is no more gambling than a commission-only car salesman who gets no money until he makes a deal.
 
I remember something about a change in gambling law that came out of Chuckie Cheese of all things. It was due to the fact that all the kids tossed quarters into a machine that had a chance to hand out tickets for prizes. The company argued that the ability to get those tickets was based on skill not just luck so was not gambling. From then on, events that depend on the skill of the player are not "gambling" per se.

Way back the same issue was going on with pinball, it was thought to be an immoral game till someone showed that it was won though skill.
 
Jerry Forsyth said:
Two players can agree to play a set for any amount they wish and in most states that is not gambling. That is a test of skill and both men can affect the outcome. It is not gambling until an outsider (railbird) decides to bet on the game. He is gambling because he has no skill set involved and cannot affect the outcome of the game.

Two players setting a financial goal achieved through skill is no more gambling than a commission-only car salesman who gets no money until he makes a deal.
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Soooooo, this is how it is in all 50 states? I know different states have different laws concerning gambling.
 
Different states have different laws WRT wagering between players...I was in a pool room in Columbus GA back in the 80s that was raided for gambling (got out by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin, slipping out the back). The foul IIRC was the Calcutta...the State Bureau agents seized all the money and arrested the owner and ticketed the whole room. Things went dead for about a month, then the tournament (and Calcutta) returned, but every player was eyed with suspicion of being a possible narc or undercover agent. I agree, regardless of the law, Johnny Law has bigger fish to fry, like looking for ivory in pool cues...:rolleyes:
 
West Point 1987 said:
The foul IIRC was the Calcutta...
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That is why live streamers do not air Calcuttas, or if they do, the audio is muted.

Fortunately, when I first started, I got a quick phone call from an established live stream producer, who was kind enough to educate me about this.

-Blake
 
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