Dangers of Dealing....

onestepahead · #1 06-02-2007, 05:46 PM

I am going to be dealing cards in a poker game in NY. I was wondering what can happen to me(fine/punishment) if the cops bust it? As much details as possible would be thankful.

onestepahead · #2 06-02-2007, 06:48 PM

57 views and no help?

llleisure · #3 06-02-2007, 06:52 PM

No idea about NY but I have friends that deal in underground rooms in TX so I can speak to that. Worst case, if the cops want to be a pain in the butt they can charge the dealers with gambling promotion which is a felony but more often the employees - dealers, wait staff, etc - only get a mistomeanor charge not the felony charge. The people actually running the game tend to get the gambling promotion charge. They DO tend to take all the employees to jail - the customers they tend to write tickets and let them go.

The lesser charge is a fine and ticket and MAY be the type of charge where if you ask for a trial they wind up dropping it anyway but you need to pay an attorney for that. And this is TX not NY.

onestepahead · #4 06-02-2007, 06:59 PM

Thanks....anyone from NY that can help me out? I want to go to law school and become an attorney so I dont know how much this might hurt me.

Howard Beale · #5 06-02-2007, 07:05 PM

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THAT makes this serious. DO NOT, DO NOT, take the job. You will have nothing but grief from the character committee of the Bar Association if you get convicted of even a very minor offense. You may still get thru but you'll hate what's going to happen when it comes time to deal with them.

onestepahead · #6 06-02-2007, 08:12 PM

Understood. I thought that many law students/ or med students involved with dealing weed and [censored] as well to make money for school.

I have heard that its a 500 dollar fine for each dealer and they jsut detain you for a bit. Is this true?

Photoc · #7 06-04-2007, 04:05 AM

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57 views and no help?

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My only thought when I opened this thread is you were going to be listing the dangers.

A simple restructing or the subject would probably have gotten replies quicker than a mere 57 views. Something along the lines of..."What are the dangers of dealing underground games?" or something to that effect. The ... lead me to believe you were going to follow it up with a listing.

Howard Beale · #8 06-02-2007, 07:00 PM

76 views and no:

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RJT · #9 06-02-2007, 10:58 PM

Is this a game with rake or no rake? If the game is being raked and gets busted the cops will want you to roll on those operating the game? They can charge you with money laundering - big time felony charge. Regardless of the outcome, they will make your life miserable.

Brief hijack. My buddy who deals our home game just got indicted for dealing a game a few years ago that he wasn’t even at. They have him mixed up with a dealer with the same first name. He already spent 4 days in jail (waiting extradition to the nearby county) and has to come up with $3K retainer for his attorney.

FCBLComish · #10 06-02-2007, 11:21 PM

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I am going to be dealing cards in a poker game in NY. I was wondering what can happen to me(fine/punishment) if the cops bust it? As much details as possible would be thankful.

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I would strongly advise against it if you ever think you may be applying for a legitimate gaming license in the future... It will stick to you like forever!