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Leading Federal Judge Rules That Poker Is a Game of Skill Not Covered by U.S. Gambling Act

Posted By: lenny
Date: Friday, 24 August 2012, at 6:17 a.m.

In Response To: Leading Federal Judge Rules That Poker Is a Game of Skill Not Covered by U.S. Gambling Act (Alfred Mamlet)

No district court judge is "leading". Their decisions have no precedential value.

There have been a raft of state court cases with the same holding. None of them put a stop to "conservatives" waging all out war to impose their values on everybody else.

The DOJ took a more substantial action than any individual court case when it stated that the hoary, old 1961 Wire Act only applied to sports betting. Summarized here, if the top of the blog hasn't changed:

http://www.gamblingandthelaw.com/

In the aftermath of that December, 2011, event, the legal environment has remained frozen. Full Tilt Poker was sold, and the DOJ will apparently be charging US players who had money there "costs of administration" to get their money back.

How did this country get so stupid?

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• Leading Federal Judge Rules That Poker Is a Game of Skill Not Covered by U.S. Gambling Act
  Alfred Mamlet -- Wednesday, 22 August 2012, at 11:37 a.m.
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    Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 22 August 2012, at 1:25 p.m.
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      Chris Haviland -- Wednesday, 22 August 2012, at 5:36 p.m.
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        Colin Owen -- Wednesday, 22 August 2012, at 10:57 p.m.
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      Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 22 August 2012, at 11:52 p.m.
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        Steve Mellen -- Thursday, 23 August 2012, at 2:26 a.m.
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          Havard Raddum -- Thursday, 23 August 2012, at 5:50 a.m.
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            Casper van der Tak -- Thursday, 23 August 2012, at 7:18 a.m.
            • Leading Federal Judge Rules That Poker Is a Game of Skill Not Covered by U.S. Gambling Act
              Bob Koca -- Thursday, 23 August 2012, at 2:40 p.m.
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                Casper van der Tak -- Thursday, 23 August 2012, at 2:49 p.m.
    • Judge's opinion
      leobueno -- Thursday, 23 August 2012, at 5:55 p.m.
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    Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 22 August 2012, at 2:12 p.m.
    • Leading Federal Judge Rules That Poker Is a Game of Skill Not Covered by U.S. Gambling Act
      Alfred Mamlet -- Wednesday, 22 August 2012, at 5:42 p.m.
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    Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 22 August 2012, at 2:28 p.m.
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      Casper van der Tak -- Wednesday, 22 August 2012, at 2:31 p.m.
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      Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 22 August 2012, at 4:48 p.m.
      • :) *NM*
        Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 22 August 2012, at 5:00 p.m.
      • Leading Federal Judge Rules That Poker Is a Game of Skill Not Covered by U.S. Gambling Act
        Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 22 August 2012, at 5:02 p.m.
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          leobueno -- Thursday, 23 August 2012, at 6:11 p.m.
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    Steve Mellen -- Wednesday, 22 August 2012, at 7:31 p.m.
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      Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 22 August 2012, at 10:25 p.m.
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        backgame -- Thursday, 23 August 2012, at 1:11 a.m.
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          Bill Riles -- Thursday, 23 August 2012, at 1:25 a.m.
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            Steve Mellen -- Thursday, 23 August 2012, at 2:24 a.m.
            • Leading Federal Judge Rules That Poker Is a Game of Skill Not Covered by U.S. Gambling Act
              Bill Riles -- Thursday, 23 August 2012, at 2:35 a.m.
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                Steve Mellen -- Thursday, 23 August 2012, at 3:14 a.m.
      • Relevance of state law
        leobueno -- Thursday, 23 August 2012, at 6:16 p.m.
  • Leading Federal Judge Rules That Poker Is a Game of Skill Not Covered by U.S. Gambling Act
    lenny -- Friday, 24 August 2012, at 6:17 a.m.
    • Leading Federal Judge Rules That Poker Is a Game of Skill Not Covered by U.S. Gambling Act
      Alfred Mamlet -- Friday, 24 August 2012, at 5:04 p.m.
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        lenny -- Saturday, 25 August 2012, at 7:47 p.m.
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          Daniel Murphy -- Saturday, 25 August 2012, at 10:05 p.m.
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            lenny -- Saturday, 25 August 2012, at 10:40 p.m.