114 Pa. Commw. 310 - Commonwealth v. Kehler’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “In the past when we have upheld sanctions against licensees for gambling on the premises, this Court has dealt with factual circumstances which clearly indicated that the particular gambling activity under consideration was a violation of the Crimes Code. While we are not prepared to hold and need not decide that poker playing is “unlawful gambling” under the Crimes Code, we now hold that the Board’s burden in the instant case was only to prove that gambling was occurring and that that activity was sufficient cause for the Board’s action. It need not prove that the Crimes Code was in fact violated. Our Court, in dealing with the term, had held that the three elements of gambling are consideration, chance and reward. We believe that poker playing on a licensed premises is gambling within that definition. Certainly all three elements ... are present in a poker game. In order to participate, one must “ante up” money; the winner is determined by the luck of the cards drawn (and a lot of bluffing); and the winner takes the “pot.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2010 Pa. Super. 47 - Commonwealth v. Dent