Are Poker Contests going to be popular in the US ? Recent Court ruling

[TruePoker CEO]

According to a thread in Poker Legislation, in a recent Federal lawsuit involving AOL skill games and other games, "the plaintiff, Charles Humphrey Jr. of Colorado, claimed that the player registration fees, ranging from $9.95 to $499.95 per team, were essentially wagers or bets and sought to recover those amounts as gambling losses under the qui tam laws of states whose laws were supposedly violated.

Judge Cavanaugh found that where entry fees are unconditional and prizes are guaranteed, reasonable entry fees charged by the sponsor of a contest are not wagers or bets. He observed that spelling bees, track meets and beauty pageants would constitute gambling if all it took was the combination of an entry fee and a prize. "

We saw this post today and added some 10 player Poker Contests to our TruePoker games. They pay out a guaranteed $100 and $30 respectively and have a reasonable fee for entry and not surprisingly, run as soon as 10 players enter.

Before we develop a US marketing campaign for Poker Contests, we wamt to test the market. Please feel free to give me your feedback at management@truepoker.com.

[BGnight]

lol donktests

[TruePoker CEO]

Thanks for the bump, I guess.

[MicroBob]

TPCEO - I think this could be a significant ruling because obviously there are other games out there that charge entry-fees that aren't considered gambling at all for some reason while poker gets the shaft.

Even in the U.S. for a live-tourney it has to take place in a casino even when you're just betting with tourney-chips/fake-money after you've paid your entry-fee.

I suspect that for a Bridge or Gin tourney with an entry-fee there isn't such a restriction that it can only take place in a casino.

I used to like to play in live chess tournaments that could sometimes charge high-ish entry-fees and these can be held pretty much anywhere.

So this aspect of being able to play other games online for money while supposedly poker, especially poker-tournaments, is somehow considered tabboo has always kind of confused me.


I do have a Q though.
I don't understand what you're talking about wrt your new 'poker contests'.
Are these just SNG's that you are giving a different title somehow?
How are these things different than SNG's?

I'm giving you a chance to spam away in here on whatever it is you're trying to do here because I'm kind of curious and don't understand.

[NU Star]

So it is a SNG right?

[Josem]

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Are these just SNG's that you are giving a different title somehow?

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i think so

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How are these things different than SNG's

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name, i think.

[Josem]

btw (i meant to include this in my last post) a very similar comparison can be made to games of Magic: The Gathering (and other customizable card games) which have entry fees, include card games, and involve significant cash prizes.

[metsandfinsfan]

i like what u r saying tpceo

[whangarei]

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Are these just SNG's that you are giving a different title somehow? How are these things different than SNG's?

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I am curious about this as well TPC.

[Bishop22]

I don't know, I just like this guy, downloading and depositing..