Vincent A asked:
I realise that in some places it might be very bad for your health if you don’t pay your gambling debts
But are they legally enforcible in law?
If you owe money to someone from a Poker game,for example,can he go to law and force you to pay?
Or is it considered as a “Debt of Honour” and no cocern of the Legal System?
Tia
Hi,Chris.
I didn’t know that private poker games were illegal in most states!
We see them so often in films and on TV that we assume it’s a common
practice.
I always think of the Poker game in “The Odd Couple” where one guy eats a hundred dollar bill in a sandwich and accuses his friends of stealing it.
Thanks for the other replies so far.
Very kind of you.
Thanks again!
Just love the bits about the baseball bats and the kneecaps!
English have a weird sense of humour!
Gambling is legal in the UK,so nobody bothers about the Bookies.
A few years ago I had a phase of betting “Each way trebles”
After a couple of weeks, a bet came up.
Went to the Bookies to collect.
He said:
“We don’t take Each way trebles!
Screams of Righteous Indignation from me:
“You don’t take ‘em?”
“You don’t take ‘em?”
“You’ve been bloody well takin’ ‘em for two bloody weeks”
“Why didnt you tell me THEN?
You Bum!”
Much more in this fashion!
Anyway, the guy gets out his ledgers,counts up,gives me all my money back and also buys me a drink!
I actually felt sorry for the poor guy!
Loan sharks,however, have little sense of humour!
They use baseball bats (and you STILL owe the money!) Which I think is a bit “ungentlemanly”
Anyway,a “Gentleman” would use a Pickaxe-handle. Like Clint in Pale Rider.Wow! That’s ironic use of bit of hickory
Elmer
I realise that in some places it might be very bad for your health if you don’t pay your gambling debts
But are they legally enforcible in law?If you owe money to someone from a Poker game,for example,can he go to law and force you to pay?
Or is it considered as a “Debt of Honour” and no cocern of the Legal System?
Tia
Hi,Chris.
I didn’t know that private poker games were illegal in most states!
We see them so often in films and on TV that we assume it’s a common
practice.
I always think of the Poker game in “The Odd Couple” where one guy eats a hundred dollar bill in a sandwich and accuses his friends of stealing it.
Thanks for the other replies so far.
Very kind of you.
Thanks again!
Just love the bits about the baseball bats and the kneecaps!
English have a weird sense of humour!
Gambling is legal in the UK,so nobody bothers about the Bookies.
A few years ago I had a phase of betting “Each way trebles”
After a couple of weeks, a bet came up.
Went to the Bookies to collect.
He said:
“We don’t take Each way trebles!
Screams of Righteous Indignation from me:
“You don’t take ‘em?”
“You don’t take ‘em?”
“You’ve been bloody well takin’ ‘em for two bloody weeks”
“Why didnt you tell me THEN?
You Bum!”
Much more in this fashion!
Anyway, the guy gets out his ledgers,counts up,gives me all my money back and also buys me a drink!
I actually felt sorry for the poor guy!
Loan sharks,however, have little sense of humour!
They use baseball bats (and you STILL owe the money!) Which I think is a bit “ungentlemanly”
Anyway,a “Gentleman” would use a Pickaxe-handle. Like Clint in Pale Rider.Wow! That’s ironic use of bit of hickory
Elmer
