The question here is whether playing for money in a purely social context is allowed, or at least probably legally overlooked. A "social context" usually means that no player or other person, like a bookie or the host of the game, makes or earns anything other than as, and on an equal footing with, a mere player in the contest or game.

Check your state laws on gambling at the source.
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The question here is whether playing for money in a purely social context is allowed, or at least probably legally overlooked. A "social context" usually means that no player or other person, like a bookie or the host of the game, makes or earns anything other than as, and on an equal footing with, a mere player in the contest or game.

Check your state laws on gambling at the source.

If you do it for more than a month or take in more than $2000 a day then it is a federal crime.
http://definitions.uslegal.com...