HF 519

1st Engrossment - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to crime prevention and public safety;
gambling; legalizing the game of Texas hold'em under
certain conditions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
section 609.761, subdivision 3.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.761,
subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Social skill game.

Sections 609.755 and 609.76
do not prohibit tournaments or contests that satisfy all of the
following requirements:

(1) the tournament or contest consists of the card games of
chance commonly known as cribbage, skat, sheephead, bridge,
euchre, pinochle, gin, 500, smear, new text begin Texas hold'em, new text end or whist;

(2) the tournament or contest does not provide any direct
financial benefit to the promoter or organizer; deleted text begin and
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(3) the sum of all prizes awarded for each tournament or
contest does not exceed $200 new text begin ; and
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new text begin (4) with respect to any Texas hold'em tournament or
contest, the organizer of the tournament or contest must ensure
that reasonable accommodations are made for players with
physical disabilities. Accommodations to the table and the
cards shall include, among other things, the announcement of the
cards visible to the entire table and the use of braille cards
for players who are blind new text end .

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day
following final enactment and applies to acts committed on or
after that date.
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