Monopoly Illegal?

Vonhelmet · 9 Oct 2009 at 17:28

I get around said:
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.

There's your answer then.

The Running Man · 9 Oct 2009 at 17:29

yea its like america has incredibly terrible laws aimed at a childline mentality that presumes that because gambling can happen, that therefore everyone will become a bankrpt addict and therefore need a law to prevent them from ever gambling...

crazy

mollymoo · 9 Oct 2009 at 17:35

You can kill a Welshman in Chester with a longbow still can't you .......... ?

Glaucus · 9 Oct 2009 at 17:36

mollymoo said:
You can kill a Welshman in Chester with a longbow still can't you .......... ?

no. As I said new laws have superseded old laws, making it totally illegal. Also meaning it is pointless removing the law.

mollymoo · 9 Oct 2009 at 17:39

Bugger I'll send mine back for a refund then

Edward78 · 9 Oct 2009 at 17:48

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.

Yes, http://stupidlaws.com/

SHEDDER1uk · 9 Oct 2009 at 17:49

Some crazy ones there.

Edward78 · 9 Oct 2009 at 17:53

SHREDDER1UK said:
Some crazy ones there.

Sorry wrong site http://www.dumblaws.com/

MonkeyNews · 9 Oct 2009 at 17:59

Get them to play Monopoly City Streets on the web if they are that desperate to play monopoly, no dice needed there.

Berserker · 9 Oct 2009 at 18:12

That would probably get you done for wire fraud instead. That's why it is illegal to US citizens to play the UK national lottery, for example.

MonkeyNews · 9 Oct 2009 at 18:16

Well damn their eyes then, I thought they were too busy eating squirrels and marrying their cousins in South Carolina to play board games anyway.

Angilion · 10 Oct 2009 at 02:32

kefkef said:
The UK's top 10 most ridiculous British laws were listed as:

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

Strictly speaking, it is legally impossible rather than illegal. It isn't a crime to die there, it's just officially impossible. It's to do with its unique status as a royal palace that royalty are forbidden to enter.

G-MAN2004 · 10 Oct 2009 at 03:00

Angilion said:
It's to do with its unique status as a royal palace that royalty are forbidden to enter.

What's that got to do with anyone else dying in there though?

The Mad Rapper · 10 Oct 2009 at 06:55

G-MAN2004 said:
What's that got to do with anyone else dying in there though?

Because we're scum and we suck?

Angilion · 10 Oct 2009 at 21:17

G-MAN2004 said:
What's that got to do with anyone else dying in there though?

Only a member of the royal family can have a royal palace listed as their official place of death.

As far as I know, the official place of death for people who have died in the house of commons is the nearest hospital - pronounced dead on arrival.

frying_pan_cat · 10 Oct 2009 at 22:25

Berserker said:
That would probably get you done for wire fraud instead. That's why it is illegal to US citizens to play the UK national lottery, for example.

Why would a US citizen get done for wire fraud if they play the UK national lottery?

Vonhelmet · 10 Oct 2009 at 22:34

frying_pan_cat said:
Why would a US citizen get done for wire fraud if they play the UK national lottery?

If they play online then they are gambling across state lines and stuff.