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Hypothetical question

  • 20-07-2015 09:48PM
    #1
    Danger Fourpence
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 190 ✭✭


    Myself and a few friends throw money into a pool each week. We pick one match and guess the score and whoever guesses the correct score wins the money.

    Is this considered to be gambling? Theoretically, should we need a license for this? I know this is small scale, but in theory is this subject to gaming laws etc?


Comments

  • #2
    Collie D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,499 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    Not sure of the legalities but unless you're doing it in North Korea you'd be hard pressed to find a cop willing to bang your door down for it.


  • #3
    Danger Fourpence
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 190 ✭✭Danger Fourpence


    Collie D wrote: »
    Not sure of the legalities but unless you're doing it in North Korea you'd be hard pressed to find a cop willing to bang your door down for it.

    Yeah I'm not worried in the slightest, but was just wondering what the legalities were. By right, should I have a gaming license? A betting license? Am I even gambling?


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