Tag: DiCristina
US Court of Appeals overturns case for poker as “game of skill”
August 12, 2013
The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned an August acquittal by a New York U.S. District Court of defendant Lawrence DiCristina that had been made because of a finding that “Texas Hold ‘Em” poker was not covered by the Illegal Gambling Business Act. The lower court had set aside a jury verdict of guilty, so the Court of Appeals has reversed the acquittal and remanded the case to District Court “with instructions to reinstate the jury verdict” because “we find that the plain language of the IGBA covers DiCristina’s poker business.” “Today’s decision by the 2nd Circuit Court,…