QFIT said:
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Second question, the law is made by the legislature.
Now to the first. The "device law" did not exist. But, the computer clearly fit under the "cheating" law. The "device law" was passed as a clarification......
probably i'm looking at some abbreviated or summarized law stuff. but anyway here is an abstracted example of what i've been able to find for one particular state:
(4) Cheats at a gambling game.
errhh,
, like ok this statement goes into very little detail, so i guess one is supposed to rely on Webster and one's life experience to fully understand what cheating is inside a casino.
well, what ever i guess each of us has our own understanding of what cheating is and hopefully that is enough to safe guard us against the possibility of straying into such an action and then finding ones self judged guilty of a felony.
(3) Uses or possesses with the intent to use a device to assist in:
(A) projecting the outcome of the game;
(B) keeping track of the cards played;
(C) analyzing the probability of the occurrence of an event relating to the gambling game; or
(D) analyzing the strategy for playing or betting to be used in the game, except as permitted by the commission.
this one (for a dummy like me) seems a bit nebulous as well, lol.
like, ok, just me maybe, but to me the statements don't say
when.
so, ok maybe the
when part is implied, or anyone should be able to understand that the using of a device means in the casino
when gambling.
assume maybe that a jury of your peers would see it that way and not care that at home a couple hundred miles away or so you had cvbj, cvdata and excell or what ever programs set up to help you with your brain on it's own in a casino do
(A), (B),(C) & (D).
lol.