A few days ago, at the Court of Lecce, Antonio Zambrini, was accused of organizinggames of chance, therefore, the prosecutor asked 3 months’ imprisonment and a fine of500 euros.
The judge Malagnino Fabrizio said the crime does not exist as or better poker variantTexas Hold’em tournament mode is not a game of chance that in the absence of a trueregulatory live poker circles for the moment does not keep crime.
In 19 pages drawn by the court ruling, it was reported that Texas Hold’em is quite different from European and American, as there is no time for sorrow, Antonio is cleared.
The same Malagnino states: ”No judge in their right mind never condemn gambling for fourboys who had gathered to play a game of” Monopoly ”(the famous board game designedto the accumulation of money based on false combined results of dice and cards) for a prize of a ticket to a concert, conversely, the same boys should be convicted if caughtplaying ”Monopoly” real money instead of employing the well-known business facsimile. “




