Rhode Island H7197 allows social gaming in private residences and public taverns or private clubs, provided the gambling is incidental to a social.

Rhode Island H7197 amends the state's gambling laws to permit social gaming in private residences and in public taverns or private clubs. This bill defines social gaming as a game between players where gambling is incidental to a bona fide social relationship between participants and where no person other than the players are entitled to receive anything of value. The bill also ensures that the host of a social game in a private residence does not derive monetary benefit from the activity.

Rhode Island H7197 allows social gaming in private residences and public taverns or private clubs, provided the gambling is incidental to a social.

Rhode Island H7197 amends the state's gambling laws to permit social gaming in private residences and in public taverns or private clubs. This bill defines social gaming as a game between players where gambling is incidental to a bona fide social relationship between participants and where no person other than the players are entitled to receive anything of value. The bill also ensures that the host of a social game in a private residence does not derive monetary benefit from the activity.