Reading through the other linked forums in legal and looks like there is a lot of discussion so thanks for moving this into the appropriate spot Rapini and Palimax for the quote!!
Some extremely interesting varying views out there in the general public about all of this, and I can tell you firsthand that there are a lot of people who have no idea about the legalities, or lack there of, of what's been happening in our state regarding poker off of the reservations.
How these operations have been allowed to have their doors open for so long with blatant state laws being broken only to have the enforcement show up like they did last Friday night is beyond me. To go through that much trouble to literally scare the **** out of the players who were none-the-wiser that the place of business was actually an illegal operation of any sort and detain them as they did seems like a pretty terrible way to "enforce" the law.
Seems like it should be in the best interest of public safety and law enforcement to just go after the owners of these establishments in a much much different way then to bust through the doors with guns blazing with so many innocent bystanders all around. By innocent bystanders, I am not even referring to the potentially innocent players(as it seems there is no precedent either way regarding this as of yet) but rather, the hundreds of people just feet away enjoying a Friday night at their favorite restaurant, bar, and nightclub...all of which are located in the immediate parking lot.
All of that being said, I still am not sure where we are playing day 2 of this tournament!!