Won a trip to vegas. They say I can't go...

[hogua]

Nevada state law forbids hotels with casinos to let people under 21 years old to put rooms in their names. If you're not 21, and/or not traveling with someone 21+, you can't get a room in a hotel that has a casino on site.

[Full Metal]

[ QUOTE ]
Nevada state law forbids hotels with casinos to let people under 21 years old to put rooms in their names. If you're not 21, and/or not traveling with someone 21+, you can't get a room in a hotel that has a casino on site.

[/ QUOTE ]
I'd be with my 23 year old brother. But, if this were the case why should I be screwed over and not the website, they didn't say anything about this and obviously the tournament came across as open to everyone, which it was.

[hogua]

The room needs to be in someones name. Someone needs to check in, be a registered guest and be liable for any expenses added to the room's bill

It doesn't matter how the hotel gets paid (guest, third party like a poker site, or even if the hotel comps it), the room can not be registered to someone under 21.

Also, since you're under 21 you couldn't compete in the tourney they were sending to you Vegas to play. You can't gamble in Vegas if your under 21.

[Guthrie]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Nevada state law forbids hotels with casinos to let people under 21 years old to put rooms in their names. If you're not 21, and/or not traveling with someone 21+, you can't get a room in a hotel that has a casino on site.

[/ QUOTE ]
I'd be with my 23 year old brother. But, if this were the case why should I be screwed over and not the website, they didn't say anything about this and obviously the tournament came across as open to everyone, which it was.

[/ QUOTE ]
Your 23-year-old brother didn't win. You did. The room would be in your name, not his. Otherwise, you'd be transferring the prize, which apparently you're not allowed to do.

Also, the purpose of the trip is to compete in a tournament, which you would also not be allowed to do, and neither would your brother. The travel expenses are incidental to the main prize, which is the tournament entry.

Since you didn't post the site, it's impossible for us to know what the T&C says, but I'd be surprised if they completely skipped over the age requirement. That's rather fundamental.

Without knowing all the details, the $1K may or may not be a good deal. In any event, you should have carefully read the T&C and asked questions before entering if there was any doubt.

[Full Metal]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Nevada state law forbids hotels with casinos to let people under 21 years old to put rooms in their names. If you're not 21, and/or not traveling with someone 21+, you can't get a room in a hotel that has a casino on site.

[/ QUOTE ]
I'd be with my 23 year old brother. But, if this were the case why should I be screwed over and not the website, they didn't say anything about this and obviously the tournament came across as open to everyone, which it was.

[/ QUOTE ]
Your 23-year-old brother didn't win. You did. The room would be in your name, not his. Otherwise, you'd be transferring the prize, which apparently you're not allowed to do.

Also, the purpose of the trip is to compete in a tournament, which you would also not be allowed to do, and neither would your brother. The travel expenses are incidental to the main prize, which is the tournament entry.

Since you didn't post the site, it's impossible for us to know what the T&C says, but I'd be surprised if they completely skipped over the age requirement. That's rather fundamental.

Without knowing all the details, the $1K may or may not be a good deal. In any event, you should have carefully read the T&C and asked questions before entering if there was any doubt.

[/ QUOTE ]
I didn't conflict with anything in the T&C he tried to make it seem like I did, by saying i violated the thing I posted in bold. But that didn't make any sense. The site realized they were at fault and offered the 1k assuming I would just take it, since then they have moved that offer to 1.5k. What should I be looking for?
The tournament is in a private hall, not in a casino.

[cardcounter0]

[ QUOTE ]
The tournament is in a private hall, not in a casino.

[/ QUOTE ]

All casinos are considered private property in Vegas. So even if the tournament was in the middle of the casino floor, technically, it is in a private hall. The law in regards to 21+ to play remains.

[Full Metal]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
The tournament is in a private hall, not in a casino.

[/ QUOTE ]

All casinos are considered private property in Vegas. So even if the tournament was in the middle of the casino floor, technically, it is in a private hall. The law in regards to 21+ to play remains.

[/ QUOTE ]
I don't think they give any money out there. So it's as though we're playing for fun and I think that's legal?

[The.Accountant]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
The tournament is in a private hall, not in a casino.

[/ QUOTE ]

All casinos are considered private property in Vegas. So even if the tournament was in the middle of the casino floor, technically, it is in a private hall. The law in regards to 21+ to play remains.

[/ QUOTE ]
I don't think they give any money out there. So it's as though we're playing for fun and I think that's legal?

[/ QUOTE ]
That's what I was thinking. I don't think an offshore casino would obtain or even be able to obtain a license to operate a tournament if it wasn't just for "fun"

[cardcounter0]

No, it is really a trick. They just want you to come on American soil so they can arrest you for violations of the Wire Act. You will be held in Gitmo until you are needed to be shown as Exhibit A of the evils of underage gambling.

Later the CIA will fly you out to an undisclosed Egyptian location to be tortured and killed, then they will fly your body to Moldovia where it will be dumped.

[Guthrie]

This just keeps getting stranger and stranger. First there's this:

[ QUOTE ]
The pit boss told me, in the T&C

Sorry number 10 Players at the casino must be over the legal age of majority, meaning that the player must be an adult with full contractual capacity or a "major" as that term is legally defined in the country in which the player is resident."

[/ QUOTE ]
What pit boss? Is this online or in a b&m card room? What does "Sorry number 10 Players" mean? Is your screen name "number 10" and he missed some punctuation? Is your screen name "number" and exactly, or at least, 10 players at the casino must be over the legal age of majority, and the rest can be minors? I've read tons of legal boilerplate, and I've never heard the term "major" used as the opposite of "minor." Maybe it is, but I've never seen it.

There's also a difference between being of an age to have full contractual capacity in the player's home country, and being old enough to gamble, drink, or as one poster noted, sign for a hotel room in a Nevada hotel that has a casino.

Again, until you post the name of the site so we can look at the T&C, you'll never get an accurate answer.

But assuming you are absolutely correct, and their T&C mentions nothing about age, then yes, you might be able squeeze more than $1K out of them. Good luck with that.