Hawaii just made history, becoming the first state in the nation to effectively ban dark money in elections. The new law takes a novel approach: rather than ...
The prohibition on gambling is predicated on a share of the winnings going to a House. Specifically, “bookmaking”, where a broker arranged odds and returns on multiple parties. Regulated gambling is all predicated on state enforcement of fair betting procedures and machines with set odds.
Nobody was getting arrested for doing handshake bets on the Nicks playoff outcome. At the same time, no court was going to honor a lost bet as a debt owed to the winning party.
I mean yeah but why can’t Nick charge 10$ a person to cover food drinks and service? That would be illegal, but a multinational conglomerate using the power of the state to ruin addicts’ lives is encouraged.
This was already legal.
The prohibition on gambling is predicated on a share of the winnings going to a House. Specifically, “bookmaking”, where a broker arranged odds and returns on multiple parties. Regulated gambling is all predicated on state enforcement of fair betting procedures and machines with set odds.
Nobody was getting arrested for doing handshake bets on the Nicks playoff outcome. At the same time, no court was going to honor a lost bet as a debt owed to the winning party.
I mean yeah but why can’t Nick charge 10$ a person to cover food drinks and service? That would be illegal, but a multinational conglomerate using the power of the state to ruin addicts’ lives is encouraged.
You’ve just described how legal poker halls work.