HB 164 - AS INTRODUCED

2017 SESSION

17-0205

08/05

HOUSE BILL 164

AN ACT relative to poker in private residences.

SPONSORS: Rep. Schleien, Hills. 37; Rep. Fisher, Belk. 9; Rep. Zaricki, Hills. 6; Rep. Fromuth, Hills. 7

COMMITTEE: Ways and Means

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ANALYSIS

This bill allows the playing of home poker games.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0205

08/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

AN ACT relative to poker in private residences.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Subparagraph; Poker in Private Residences. Amend RSA 647:2, V by inserting after subparagraph (c) the following new subparagraph:

(d) Poker games held in a private residence so long as there is no rake, the house takes no compensation from the prize pool, no admission fee or seat fee is charged, no one receives any money or anything of value for conducting the game except their own winnings as a player, the game’s odds do not favor a “house” or any player, there is no house bank, and the game is not advertised to the public.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.