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While running an illegal game for profit is deemed illegal, there are no laws to prevent an individual from playing online poker in the privacy of their own

It's the stuff of nightmares for poker players that don't have a regulated poker room around them and is what happened at an illegal room in

illegal slot machines A poker tournament with no fee or buy-in or no payment required from participants may not be gambling Even if the players are participating in a game of chance

illegal lottery A federal judge ruled Tuesday that poker is more a game of skill than chance and cannot be prosecuted under a law created to stop organized