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Scratch Card Games are Gambling, no!?

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 04/14/2012 - 11:33

I'm in need of clarification as I am new to the Island.

I am reading that someone is in court for forgery and deception on a scratch card game. Aren't scratch card games a form of gambling? and isn't gambling illegal in The Cayman Islands?

There is something inherently wrong with this whole thing; two wrongs do not make a right.

 

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Scratch cards arent gambling

Submitted by Reality Check (not verified) on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 14:50.

Poster,
You are confusing the lottery style scratch cards you can buy at gas stations in the U.S. with what took place here. In this case the card was not purchased.  It was a promotion put on by the store where shoppers got to scratch off cards after they purchased a certain amount of goods.
There is gambling on the Island in various forms.  The most blatant are the 'raffles' put on by the churches and service organizations.  These are nothing more than a simple lottery style of gambling and the legal system look the other way.
The most interesting form of gambling seems to be the million dollar poker run that takes place at the easter boat race.  The racers stop at various checkpoints and are given a card.  If they get a royal flush or something they can win a million bucks.
Why should gambling be limited to the untouchables such as the churches and super rich.  It would be nice to be able to play a hand or two of cards at home on a saturday night without worrying about the uniform support group smashing down your door.

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typical Caymanian

Submitted by Orwell (not verified) on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 23:53.

typical Caymanian double-speak...

"In this case the card was not purchased.  It was a promotion put on by the store where shoppers got to scratch off cards after they purchased a certain amount of goods." 

You said shoppers recieved the card, AFTER they purchased a certain amount of goods... so in effect, they indeed, purchased the scratch card, hence, it is GAMBLING,

Now, if you said they received the scratch card free, and were allowed to scratch it WITHOUT purchasing anything, then it would truly be be a store "promotion".

Gambling is gambling, dude... no matter how you wanna word it. 

I guess the Caymanian version of  the old saying goes like this, " Walk like a duck, quack like a duck, must be a... cow." 

 

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sorry, still not gambling

Submitted by Reality Check (not verified) on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 09:14.

Ornot,
In order for there to be gambling the gambler needs to put themselves at some sort of risk and to bet in some way.  Betting requires spending funds on something with an uncertain outcome.
You state the customers 'effectively' paid for the tickets by buying groceries.  Problem with this is the fact that the groceries were purchased at their regular prices so there was NO ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION paid for the tickets - hence they were not purchased. Period.
The only reason people had to purchase a certain amount of goods is so they could, in effect, be considered customers.  In order to have a free promotion for your customers you need to be able to identify said customers.  This was a sales promotion, not a welfare program.
Having criteria for participation does not somehow magically turn the game into gambling.  I agree that gambling is indeed gambling...dude.  However not-gambling is still going to be not-gambling no matter how hard you try to spin it with your fancy duck/walk/cow/quack analogies.
 
 
 

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You're new to the island. 

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 14:22.

You're new to the island.  After a while you'll probably find that there's quite a lot of things that are inherently wrong, but nobody seems to want to do anything about it!

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Correct.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 13:07.

Correct.

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