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sweden changes tourneyrules!? |
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I might be a bit too early to celebrate, but today is possibly a very important day for poker in sweden! In an appeal, swedens "hovrätten" (stage 2/3 in the lawsystem) ruled that a bigger tournament in Texas No-Limit is a game skill!
So far noone but the gouverments casino has been allowed to arrange a tournament (or a cashgame) since it would be "illicit gambling" (dobbleri). However, if this judgement isnt overruled by the Supreme Court, Texas Holdem tournaments isnt considered to be this anymore and thus it would mean that anyone can arrange a tournament without breaking the law!
Perhaps we might be able to have an EPT in sweden in 2011 or someting!!
Cashgame was however still considered to be a game of luck (!) and it will therefor still be considered to be "illicit gambling" and prohibited in an organized way outside the casino. The reason for this was that a cashgame-session could exist of only a few hands and the outcome of those hands would depend on luck. A bigger tournament on the other hand involves a lot of hands (almost 40 hands or more) and the outcome would therefor depend more on the players skill then on the cards the player gets.
I could somewhat understand the reasoning and I like it very much. If cashgames is gambling the winnings is taxfree! I rather call it gambling and pay no tax then call it a game of skill and pay taxes!
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| Vegetarian - an old indian word for ”bad hunter” | |
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lol at that conclusion.
anyway, does this mean that tournament scores will be taxed? |
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dont know.. the judgement came only a few hours ago.. we´ll see what it brings... |
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| Vegetarian - an old indian word for ”bad hunter” | |
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phew
dont get cash games considered to be a game of skill. i dont wanna pay taxes |
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