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Posted by: Casinomeister at January 15, 2007, 10:09 pm

Topic: Powerbet freerolled me for $15,000 and is not paying winnings Forum: Casino Meister

From Attorney Emery Brett Ledger (who is based in California)

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...you can attend a local horse track and gamble if you are 18 and also go to the bar and buy a drink (they will I.D. you and make certain you are 21 at the bar) but you need only be 18 to place the wager at the betting window. Practically speaking most Casino businesses have made 21 the minimum age so as to serve alcohol at the table or slot machines.

Lottery: California has a complete set of restrictions, typical of the state lotteries that have addressed youth gambling:

(a) No tickets or shares in Lottery Games shall be sold to persons under the age of 18 years. Any person who knowingly sells a ticket or share in a Lottery Game to a person under the age of 18 years is guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person under the age of 18 years who buys a ticket or share in a Lottery is guilty of a misdemeanor. In the case of Lottery tickets or shares sold by Lottery Game Retailers or their employees, these persons shall establish safeguards to assure that the sales are not made to persons under the age of 18 years.

California Government Code §8880.52: "No prize shall be paid to any person under the age of 18 years." Id. at §8880.32.

Parimutuel betting: The age limit of 18 for horse races was established by regulations of the Racing Control Board, not by the legislature in a statute.

Casinos: On March 7, 2000, oters approved Proposition 1A, amending the State Constitution, to allow federally recognized Indian tribes to have a monopoly on full casinos (banking card games, like blackjack, and all forms of slot machines). Gov. Gray Davis signed a model compact with a majority of the state’s100+ tribes, which allows 18 year-olds to gamble in Indian casinos. Patrons have to be over 21 only if alcohol is served at the gaming tables and slot machines. Tribes are free to place higher age limits on its patrons and employees, and can change the age limits whenever they wish. For example, the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians announced in September 1995 that it was raising the minimum age from 18 to 21 for its casino near Palm Springs and that it was firing all casino workers under 21; Harrah’s will run the Rincon casino with a minimum gambling age of 21.

California law also allows cities and counties the local option of licensing gaming clubs, limited to nonbanked table games, without slot machines. There are more than 300 gaming clubs operating throughout the state; most age limits appear to be 21. The only state limit is a restriction requiring operators and owners to be at least 18 (California Business & Professions Code §19809).

Bingo: Minors (currently those under age 18) are not allowed to participate in bingo games. California Penal Code §326.5.

Question to Oliver Curran - were you serving drinks at Powerbet?

Looks like you owe someone $15,000.

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