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.
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