Definiciones sobre el juego de azar en Arizona

Explicación Simple

El 'juego de azar' es cuando juegas algo solo por diversión, y no por ganar dinero. Hay reglas que dicen que el juego no debe ser manipulado por otras personas y los premios no deben ser trampas para que gastes más dinero.

Es como jugar un videojuego con amigos solo por diversión. No hay un premio grande al final, y todos están jugando porque les gusta, no porque esperan ganar algo valioso.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan y sus amigos van a un café donde pueden jugar un torneo de ajedrez. Ellos no apuestan dinero y solo compiten por un pequeño trofeo de menos de $10. Esto es un juego de azar permitido, ya que es solo por diversión y no hay ganancia para el café.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

13-3301 . Definitions (Caution:  1998 Prop. 105 applies) In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Amusement gambling" means gambling involving a device, game or contest that is played for entertainment if all of the following apply: (a) The player or players actively participate in the game or contest or with the device. (b) The outcome is not in the control to any material degree of any person other than the player or players. (c) The prizes are not offered as a lure to separate the player or players from their money. (d) Any of the following: (i) No benefit is given to the player or players other than an immediate and unrecorded right to replay, which is not exchangeable for value. (ii) The gambling is an athletic event and no person other than the player or players derives a profit or chance of a profit from the money paid to gamble by the player or players. (iii) The gambling is an intellectual contest or event, the money paid to gamble is part of an established purchase price for a product, no increment has been added to the price in connection with the gambling event and no drawing or lottery is held to determine the winner or winners. (iv) Skill and not chance is clearly the predominant factor in the game and the odds of winning the game based on chance cannot be altered, provided the game complies with any licensing or regulatory requirements by the jurisdiction in which it is operated, no benefit for a single win is given to the player or players other than a merchandise prize that has a wholesale fair market value of less than $10 or coupons that are redeemable only at the place of play and only for a merchandise prize that has a fair market value of less than $10 and, regardless of the number of wins, no aggregate of coupons may be redeeme