Monopoly Illegal?

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If you live in South Carolina, you may want to keep an eye out for the game police. Apparently, playing the classic board game Monopoly could get you arrested in the Palmetto State. According to an article in the Charleston Post and Courier, a "strict reading" of South Carolina law makes playing Monopoly illegal because it uses dice. (I don't even want to think about how illegal that would make Liar's Dice, Can't Stop, or any of my other favorite dice games!) The argument was raised by a lawyer defending five Texas Hold 'Em Poker players who were recently found guilty of gambling. South Carolina's anti-card and anti-dice statutes are 207 years old.
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http://boardgames.about.com/b/2009/03/10/playing-monopoly-illegal-in-south-carolina.htm

My bad if this has been posted in the past but i thought this was hilarious. :D
 
There's crap loads of old laws that make no sense in today's society all over the globe. Things like (some may not even be true, but I'm sure there are some equally 'daft' examples) a man and his son not practicing Archery for an hour after church every Sunday could get you nabbed, or it's perfectly legal to kill a Welshman crossing the Severn on a Friday.. etc.
 
I don't get why gambling is banned anywhere.
The amount i've won on poker since i've been playing is insane, i've robbed my freinds for best part of a grand, it's great.
 
Monopoly isn't a gambling/betting game though.

You could use a random number generator instead rand(12) and not worry about it..
 
Dj_Jestar said:
There's crap loads of old laws that make no sense in today's society all over the globe. Things like (some may not even be true, but I'm sure there are some equally 'daft' examples) a man and his son not practicing Archery for an hour after church every Sunday could get you nabbed, or it's perfectly legal to kill a Welshman crossing the Severn on a Friday.. etc.
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The UK's top 10 most ridiculous British laws were listed as:

# 1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament (27%)

# 2. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the
British king or queen's image upside-down (7%)

# 3. It is illegal for a woman to be topless in Liverpool except as a
clerk in a tropical fish store (6%)

# 4. Eating mince pies on Christmas Day is banned (5%)

# 5. If someone knocks on your door in Scotland and requires the use
of your toilet, you are required to let them enter (4%)

# 6. In the UK a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere
she wants, including in a policeman's helmet (4%)

# 7. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast
automatically becomes the property of the King, and the tail of the
Queen (3.5%)

# 8. It is illegal not to tell the tax man anything you do not want
him to know, but legal not to tell him information you do not mind him
knowing (3%)

# 9. It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament wearing a suit of
armour (3%)

# 10. It is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls
of York, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow (2%)

Got this from a legal website, there's also discussion on whether or not they are already repealed as some were brought in by Cromwell and as such may not still be applicable......
 
NickK said:
You could use a random number generator instead rand(12) and not worry about it..
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um no. because rolling 2 dice isn't as simple as that. you'd have to factor in all the different combinations you can get with 2 dice. there's far more chance of you scoring 7 than there is 12 for example.

/pedant :p
 
What the land of the free, whoever told you that is your enemy!

honestly, anti gambling laws, but you can have a semi automatic down ur pants. stupidest thing ever.
 
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