Danish Online Poker Player Forfeits Funds
Published: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 Online-Casinos.com
Online poker from anywhere in the world is considered a valuable asset to those who work the circuit of tournaments and make some cash doing it. According to the Copenhagen Post online news one such individual has tested the old law in Denmark that one can not make a living from gambling.
A 35-year-old man has been ordered by the Supreme Court to forfeit approximately 194,000 kroner he won playing online poker. It was so ruled that this process was an illegal act because the gentleman had taken an entire year to make this money and that it was his only source of funds. In it's wisdom and clemency the court decided not to proceed with the collecting of the 5000 kroner fine that was given to the "pro" online poker player previously by the Eastern High Court arising from his original conviction back in November of last year. The case went before the Supreme Court because there was uncertainty about whether online poker was covered by the law, thus waiving the fine.
This case is not the first in Denmark to challenge the law. The Eastern High Court found a seasoned organiser of poker tournaments guilty of making a living from gambling. The Supreme court did overturn that one, yet the Court upheld the ban on poker tournaments. Online poker was not dealt with during that trial.
The Supreme Court in it's decision has defined the law clearly in the statement, that even though computer servers used to run the poker games are placed outside of Denmark, the individual computer used to play is located in the country and subject to Danish law.
This was commented on by lawyers for the state who pointed out this does not make online gambling illegal. It is estimated that as many as 50,000 Danish citizens play online poker. Crown Prosecutor Svend Larsen summed things up, 'We will decide on a case by case basis whether someone is playing professionally.'
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