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HEADLINE: Denmark Reverses Poker
Ruling- What Was Skill is Now Chance
Body:
The eastern division of the Danish High Court ruled late December
that tournament poker
is a game of chance, overturning a previous lower district court
ruling that determined it is a game of skill and therefore not
subject to Denmark's gambling laws (read related.
The decision is a setback for the Danish Poker Association and
Association President Frederik Hostrup, who now find their activities
in breach of the Danish Criminal Code.
Frederik Hostrup had been sued by hotel and restaurant trade
organization, Horesta, on behalf of the Danish nation's casinos
association for organizing illegal gambling events.
Hostrup claimed he was not guilty, simply because poker
is not gambling as it is a game of skill.
Hostrup's attorney, Henrik Hoffman told a Danish newspaper earlier
that "There are between 200,000 and 300,000 Danes who play
poker at least once a week and more than half a million who play
on a regular basis."
An appeal to the Supreme Court is under way.
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