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Would Georgie’s “Teddy Bear Casino” from Young Sheldon actually be legal?
Potentially -- this is almost exactly how Pachinko parlors in Japan operate, with non-cash prizes being given out, but with "known" nearby establishments (sometime located in the same ...
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What law requires Canadian and South African citizens to do a mathematical skill test when winning promotional gifts?
From a blog entry by Canadian lawyers familiar with sweepstakes and contest laws:
In Canada, games of pure chance are prohibited as illegal lotteries under our Criminal Code...
For contests of ...
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Would Georgie’s “Teddy Bear Casino” from Young Sheldon actually be legal?
australia
It's been used in other places legally.
I don't know whether or not it'd be legal in Texas, but similar schemes have been used legally in other places. For example, in Queensland, Australia, ...
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If I use stolen money to gamble, do I get to keep the winnings?
There would be a civil remedy of the victim in a lawsuit requiring the thief to disgorge the profits. One form of this is to have a court declare that the stolen funds are held in constructive trust.
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How are MMOs with real money economies allowed to operate?
I can see at least two defenses.
Game of Skill Defense. Already mentioned in the comments.
Entertainment Defense. One could claim the game itself is a form of entertainment and, therefore, all funds ...
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Would it be legal for a minor to participate in social gambling?
Generally, it would be a juvenile offense for a minor to gamble and a crime for an adult to do so (assuming that the minor is old enough to be prosecuted for juvenile delinquency, you can't prosecute ...
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Could Trump bet on winning the presidential election?
It depends on the rules of the particular betting market and the laws under which it operates.
Assuming that the bet itself is legal, it is not uncommon that participants in the contest are not ...
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Is this obvious gambling legal?
No
First, gambling is not illegal - only illegal gambling is illegal.
Lotteries are legal in the United States when operated by or under licence from a state (44) or territory (3). That's legal ...
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Is it legal for two individuals in California, United States to place a bet between themselves?
No
California has no laws on social gambling so it is treated identically to commercial gambling. Since betting on outcomes other than sports betting is illegal in California, such a bet would be ...
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If I use stolen money to gamble, do I get to keep the winnings?
Civil remedy
The victim of the theft would have a cause of action in unjust enrichment, but they would have to, among other things, have “clean hands”. So, for example, if the victim and the thief ...
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If I turn the real money into fake currency will it still be gambling app?
It's really your client that should be asking these questions.
Writing the app is perfectly legal. So you can enter a contract with that client to write the app and deliver it to them, ready to be ...
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How does modern Wall St. work in NYS gambling laws?
The stock exchange deals in two broad types of things: shares in companies (or other organisations) and derivatives.
The first is easy to deal with: buying and selling shares is not gambling - ...
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Lottery iOS App
In NSW and all other Australian jurisdictions lotteries and other games of chance are regulated. See https://www.liquorandgaming.justice.nsw.gov.au/Pages/gaming/competitions/games-of-chance.aspx
In ...
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What happens to people that gamble in Arizona when they're not old enough?
This site says that the legal age for online gambling in AZ is 18, and for "land" gambling is 21, but does not mention penalties for violations.
According to Arizona code section 13-3301 &...
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What's the difference between 'gambling' at an arcade or a carnival and gambling at a casino?
Jurisdictions vary but, in general, gambling involves wagering something of value in a game of chance to win something of value.
“Something of value” is usually interpreted broadly but it must usually ...
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US regulations regarding internet gambling
The relevant legislation is found in sections 5361-5367 of the United States Code. The key prohibition is in section 5363.
To fall within the scope of this prohibition, a person must:
(1) be "in ...
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Sham contest- does this work in practice?
They say they will award seven top prizes
There are three people who are winners
Acne lied about how many winners there would be and the fact that there were proposed to be more than there were may ...
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If I pay someone to place a sports bet that wins, have I committed money laundering?
No. Money Laundering is the act of taking money that was made as a result of criminal activity and turning it into "clean" money. There are a number of ways this occurs, and there may be ways to do ...
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Playing cards, other than for stakes, in licensed premises (UK)
Explanatory note #176 on the Gambling Act 2005 specifies:
There are some exceptions to the general prohibition on gambling by children and young people. Children and young persons may participate ...
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Are skill game tournaments gambling?
In the U.S. this will be dependant on State Gambling Laws, but typically it would only be illegal if the money was taken for a private Lottery (legally speaking, only the government is permitted to ...
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Legal difference between Binary Options regulated by CFTC and gambling regulated by U. S. member states
The primary distinction between gambling and non-gambling is whether something is a game of chance, and usually, the statutes of a state prohibiting gambling will expressly define it in those terms.
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Can casinos take player losses while avoiding payouts of winning by claiming "malfunction?"
In the case of McKee v. Isle of Capri Casinos, we can tell because that case has been legally decided. As the court says, there was a contract and "the patron was not entitled to the bonus under ...
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A contract has a penalty depending on choices made by unrelated 3rd party
Absolutely possible and reasonable, if we take a concrete example.
I own a piece of land, which is worth $10,000 if there is no permission to build on the land, and $100,000 if there is permission. ...
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A contract has a penalty depending on choices made by unrelated 3rd party
A contract is about risk allocation. One of the risks a contract can allocate is events outside the control of the contracting parties.
For example, who is responsible if government regulations ...
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If I turn the real money into fake currency will it still be gambling app?
The app you describe sounds illegal to me.
Specifically, it sounds like a lottery. According to this site:
[In the state of Ohio]
A lottery includes three things: (1) chance, (2) prize, (3) and ...
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The legal distinction between gambling and insurance [USA]
In general insurance is not gambling (according to that law). However consider a golf club which has a tradition that if you hit a hole in one, you buy everyone in the club a bottle of champagne. In ...
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