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07-31-2010 , 01:06 AM

SKILLED_PRO

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Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1

can anyone please give me the laws about being able to host a high scale buyin for the Dare To Dream Big Foundation. Will be exscusite dinner, dance, DJ with pre party, silent auctions, car giveaways, vacations, poker tables custom made, and a % of the prize pool as well. 5 star resort in Naples florida but need to know the laws and how we can go about running this event successfully as a charity event in the grand ballroom. Please anyhelp would be great. Thank you This event is looking to take place november 12th, 13th, 14th, 2010

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07-31-2010 , 06:57 AM

PokerXanadu

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Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 10,583

Some links that may help you:

http://www.gambling-law-us.com/State-Laws/Florida/

http://www.myfloridalegal.com/ago.ns...2563D2007AA34C

http://theppa.org/forums/topic/262

You may determine from these, as I did, that a charity poker tournament is illegal in Florida (especially if you are awarding a % of the prize pool as tournament prizes).

However, charity poker tournaments do often take place in Florida, including sometimes participation of local government officials and police officers. You should, at a minimum, contact the Naples police department and the county sherrif's office to find out how they would view such an event.

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