How???
I have seen alot of the legalities about how to get tournements going in bars, and the bars it seems can make no profit i.e. selling of beer and wings. If this is the case how does the "Red Hot Poker Tour" in T.O. do it and how does Labatt's with it's "Blue Chip Poker Tour" skirt the law?? There must be plenty of gain to the guy who runs the tour, or wild beer sales for bars that host the Labatt "Blue Chip Poker Tour". They must do this for gain, and i can't see Labatt doing it with the possibility of it being illegal?? Not to beat a dead horse with this subject, just curious??
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There is no law against giving away prizes in a contest where there is no purchase required. Exact same idea as Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrroll up the Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrim to Win.
A further exercise for the legally inclined:
Suppose that 2 people each win an entry into the Labatt contest. Suppose that Labatt (whose parent company is the non-Canadian company InBev) rents or purchases gaming equipment for this promotion from a Canadian company, call it ABC. Suppose these 2 people make a side wager based on the outcome of the tournament, such as a last longer bet. Suppose a bottle of beer is sold for a profit during the event at the location (call it XYZ) where these 2 players are participating.
a) Does this now constitute running a "common gaming house" under Criminal Code Sec. 197?
b) If so, who are the "keeper(s)" (Criminal Code, Sec 197) of said gaming house? Labatt? Inbev? The local pub, XYZ? The gaming equipment supply company, ABC? The 2 participants in the side wager?
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