Ridiculous rake - Starting a legal poker game

[Tuff_Fish]

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I thought about starting my own church called “The Holly Rollers” and have a charity poker and craps game a few nights a week. I live in Ohio, and you can have charity games, but the rake has to go to a charity. The rake would go to the church, and I could pay my self and the dealers (lay ministers) by a salary. Any folks familiar with the law think it could work?

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I would have a plan B ready. You know, the one where you run like hell for the border.

Tuff

PS: While churches are given a lot of leeway, clearly fraudulent schemes like this usually end with bad results.

PPS: However..... can you post the relevant statutes. Better minds than mine can take a look.

I thought California was a slam dunk for a similar charity idea til I found a tucked away bit of law that absolutely destroyed any such notion.