Legal Advice Alabama

[psandman]

As an attorney i strongly advise you to seek your legal advice from an attorney in your area. On the other hand if you want the advice of anonymous people with no legalk training you could ask on a home poker forum.

[Lottery Larry]

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you could ask on a home poker forum.

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No he can't

[mordecaibrown]

That's funny.
I've already contacted several people in the Attorney Generals office and have been given the legal run arounds as I expected.

Funny the only attorney who is willing to reply is giving the usual twoplustwo advice---which translates as followed....blah blah blah I'm a smartass blah blah total d-bag blah comment that doesn't help blah blah!

Well thanks for your time.
I really hope you haven't spent the last two yrs and 2300+ posts being a complete d-bag!
Actually I'm really starting to think that probably it's just one or two 16 yr old kids with ten thousand accounts registered here.

[moorbr02]

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That's funny.
I've already contacted several people in the Attorney Generals office and have been given the legal run arounds as I expected.

Funny the only attorney who is willing to reply is giving the usual twoplustwo advice---which translates as followed....blah blah blah I'm a smartass blah blah total d-bag blah comment that doesn't help blah blah!

Well thanks for your time.
I really hope you haven't spent the last two yrs and 2300+ posts being a complete d-bag!
Actually I'm really starting to think that probably it's just one or two 16 yr old kids with ten thousand accounts registered here.

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i'm not a d-bag, but i play one on this site, and i agree, that was not a helpful response, that was a d-bag doing what he does best. but what can you expect from an attorney turned d-bag???

[Skallagrim]

At some point I hope the PPA will have a litigation team and/or a referral service so you will, if you are a member, have quick access to competent legal advice. If you are a PPA member e-mail them your support of this idea.

As to Alabama law, you can look up the general provisions here:
http://www.gambling-law-us.com/State-Laws/Alabama/

My quick read, which is all you get since you are not paying me [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img], is that your friend's idea has some potential, as a "social game in a private place" is a defense to a gambling charge. The details of your friend's idea, however, will make all the difference, if he is profiting from hosting the game other than as a player, he has issues. Likewise, if his place is "public" he has real issues .... Keep searching for a good local lawyer to work with, he will need one sooner or later. Good lawyers are hard to find, but they do exist - try and find one who actually plays poker.

And asking the government's advice in this situation is a waste of time - you have to develop your strategy to get around and/or comply with the law on your own, they will never help you do it.

Skallagrim