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I’ve been thinking about this and I’m wondering what kind of legal issues, etc would apply…
What would stop a hotel owner for example setting up a PC in his lobby and advertising it to his guests as a place to play casino games for money.
Say you set it up so it was locked into a certain casino software, and people opened accounts, and played. It could be setup like a slot machine.
What would stop someone from doing this? Of course I’m referring to doing this in city’s without brick and motor casinos.
comments?
dumb question?
I’m not an expert on this, but it seems like this sort of thing would require a license. If one computer can be set up, what’s stopping someone from filling an entire hotel lobby with computers for gambling? I think the operation would be shut down after a while, on the grounds of running a casino (albeit a small one) without a license.
Then again, maybe not…. I used to live near a bar that had a video poker machine inside. Does such a machine require a license? Is there a limit to the number of video poker machines the bar can install? How would one of these machines be different from the computer setup nacl99 described?
Hmm…. Looks like I asked more questions than I answered. :blush:
I am sure they would find a way to shut you down.
Could you not just say that the company providing the gaming opportunity has a license, why should I have to have license to put a computer with internet access in my lobby?
I’m sure it is pretty hairy, but why should be be illegal?
This is probably a question that would be better answered by a lawyer, as it would seem that there is some legal risks involved. The advice you get here will generally be very good, but it shouldn’t replace the advice of an actual lawyer.
Especially when you’re dealing with something that may or may not get you in trouble. (And you’re obviously concerned about that or you wouldn’t have raised the question.)
http://www.gamblinglawupdate.com/
Larry would likely have an answer for you.
We used to run a game room, whereby we rented the use of computers to play games online and for group lan games – games like counterstrike, starcraft, etc., (back when broadband connection was not in town, except at the gameroom, where we had it brought in at much expense) and I can tell you that, even if it’s legal to run the online gambling this way, it is a major pain in the arse to keep public computers in good shape and untampered with.
I used to spend a lot of time keeping the machines clean, deleting pesky scumware, formatting and the like. Most of the users didn’t know better than to fiddle with things. Even switching to windows 2000 and locking them as tight as possible didn’t prevent problems.
Just my 2 bits.
