USA – Minnesota Home Poker Law

In the state of Minnesota, home poker games are an accepted form of gambling. Minnesota state law specifies that “Social bets are allowed only if they are done in a private social setting”. Social gambling is only illegal when it pertains to “organized, commercialized, or systematic gambling”, or when the owner/host of the residence profits in some way from the home poker game other than actual gambling profits from playing the card game.

[Reference: http://www.gcb.state.mn.us/PDF_Files/Illegal%20gambling.pdf]