do you think it would make a big difference if a club was only open once a week and they were to change locations on a rotating basis between four different locations? not sure if a warrant is for a specific location or if it can be for multiple locations?
I remember a club owner once telling me he wanted to run his games out of a mobile home and he would pick up the players at a certain meeting place and then take the games on the road each night. Thought it was an interesting idea.
do you think it would make a big difference if a club was only open once a week and they were to change locations on a rotating basis between four different locations? not sure if a warrant is for a specific location or if it can be for multiple locations?
Umm, no, warrant can be for multiple locations, think of it this way, if you were selling drugs out of a few constantly changing locations you think enforcement couldn't touch you?
I remember a club owner once telling me he wanted to run his games out of a mobile home and he would pick up the players at a certain meeting place and then take the games on the road each night. Thought it was an interesting idea.
Sounds like a very nieve club owner. Same as above, set up a drug sale business out of a motor home and watch the trail of police cars behind you.... It all comes down to, are you on their radar or not...
just my two cents on this, I feel it's a total waste of time. The cops make the busts, the media gets their story and then nothing comes out of it. The clubs that were just busted only reopened again two days later. The players don't care and neither do the owners. For now that some of the original cases of owners getting busted going thru the system. I personally had a friend get a "running" charge for running a game. He went to court and pled not guilty and the judge then said this case would be not only a waste of his time and the courts, but everyone else involved to getting here. He dismissed the case without hearing the crown's side. My friend gladly then left the court that afternoon to head to his game he had that night.
In short all this hoopla is taking place and people constantly say on here, but it's illegal. Well if its that big of a deal then why aren't people more scared, your answer is cause by time the police and media get there fix, the courts really just don't give a F@&K about this stuff.
by time the police and media get there fix, the courts really just don't give a F@&K about this stuff.
But the damage is done. Public is now convinced that this is a big time crime BECAUSE of the publicity it got when it first happened. Therefore, the public ASSUMES justice will prevail and the clubs in question will forever close and the organizers of the clubs will be locked up. Obviously, that isn't happening, as you stated, a total waste of court time. But the perception formed in the publics eyes when it first happened is the one they remember, NOT the fact that these cases are being thrown out when it gets to court. Public doesn't read or see that, so they are left with the presumption that its been dealt with and they can go on living their lives thinking that the sins of gambling have been stumped on. Their sheltered lives continue in harmonic ignorant bliss.
If only the public were more interested to see what the courts ACTUALLY do with these cases. Maybe then they can see that the justice system is overburdened with REAL cases and stop shouting HOORAH's when SWAT teams are used to take down quiet unobtrusive games.
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sounds like Al Capone.
The only thing illegal in this thread is running your own unlicensed casino. Playing it is legal at home. Playing it at a casino is legal.
Not quite.
The players in the clubs are also "technically" breaking the law.
It is being in a common gaming house - it has rarely been enforced, until recently....
Neither of which are the topic of this thread.
The key word is "RAKE". If you are "running" or "found in" a gambling house OUTSIDE a licensed casino that is "RAKED"....is ILLEGAL.
I remember a club owner once telling me he wanted to run his games out of a mobile home and he would pick up the players at a certain meeting place and then take the games on the road each night. Thought it was an interesting idea.
In short all this hoopla is taking place and people constantly say on here, but it's illegal. Well if its that big of a deal then why aren't people more scared, your answer is cause by time the police and media get there fix, the courts really just don't give a F@&K about this stuff.
But the damage is done. Public is now convinced that this is a big time crime BECAUSE of the publicity it got when it first happened. Therefore, the public ASSUMES justice will prevail and the clubs in question will forever close and the organizers of the clubs will be locked up. Obviously, that isn't happening, as you stated, a total waste of court time. But the perception formed in the publics eyes when it first happened is the one they remember, NOT the fact that these cases are being thrown out when it gets to court. Public doesn't read or see that, so they are left with the presumption that its been dealt with and they can go on living their lives thinking that the sins of gambling have been stumped on. Their sheltered lives continue in harmonic ignorant bliss.
If only the public were more interested to see what the courts ACTUALLY do with these cases. Maybe then they can see that the justice system is overburdened with REAL cases and stop shouting HOORAH's when SWAT teams are used to take down quiet unobtrusive games.
Next time there is a bust we need to remember to point this aspect out in the media with great fervour. I know I plan on doing so.