Joe Francis: Hollywood Poker Is 'Perfectly Legal'

Oh Yes. Words from 'Jailbirds' are always something to live by.

Fuglay!

It is lame that they are going after private poker winnings

So, it appears legal. Now, do they have to claim winnings over a certain amount and pay taxes on that?

NO ONE SAID PLAYING PRIVATE POKER IS ILLEGAL... BUT PLAYING PRIVATE POKER WITH ILLEGAL MONEY IS. THAT'S THE POINT, GENIUSES! NEXT.

Ummmmmmmmm, yeah. Wouldn't the $100,000 entry fee per player be considered the "commission" or "house"?!? BUSTED! Go directly to prison.

White, rich and famous!!! I wish I was at least two of these so I could break the law and get away with it too.

I gotta say, the LAST person I would take legal advice from is Jailbrid Francis. Guess he just wanted a few more minutes in the sun....I mean camera lense?? Good to know TMZ researched it with a real attorney, cuz now I feel ENLIGHTENED, haha.

@MIGHTYSTUPID

How were they suppose to know whether or not that guy's money was legal or not? What, they have to do credit check first before letting anyone play from now on, GENIUS?
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OBVIOUSLY, THE PERSON WHO IS UNDER CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION KNEW HE WAS USING ILLEGAL FUNDS... JUST BECUZ THE OTHER PLAYERS DINT KNOW DOES NOT MAKE THEM INNOCENT. IGNORANCE IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE DEFENSE UNDER THE EYES OF THE LAW ---> WHICH HAPPENS EVERY FREAKIN DAY. SO IF YOU'RE PLAYING CARDS WITH A KNOWN DRUG DEALER AND ACCEPTING FUNDS DOES THAT MAKE U INNOCENT EVEN THOUGH YOU WERENT DEALING THE DRUGS IN THE FIRST PLACE? OF COURSE NOT... IT'S CALLED SIPHONING AND HIDING FUNDS. AND WHO'S TO SAY THEY DIDNT KNOW WHO THEY WERE PLAYING WITH, GENIUS?? OF COURSE THE LAWYERS WILL CLAIM STUPIDITY AND SAY THEY DIDNT KNOW ABOUT THE DUDE THEY WERE PLAYING CARDS WITH FOR YEARS. MORONS.

Joe Francis is the last person I'd rely on for legal advice.

You still have to pay taxes on the winnings. And, unless you are registered with the Feds as a professional gambler, you may not deduct the losses.

A six yr old white kid can draw better graf than that. Correction: a six yr old blind white kid.

It does not matter if the game was legal or not. A bankruptcy trustee can reach back to transfers by a debtor who was deemed to be insolvent prior to the filing. How about the Madoff investors who received payments and then had to pay back some of the money they received. I know somebody who was paid $100k on an outstanding invoice and 3 to 4 months later had to pay the money back. The court made the arguments that he had been preferentially paid before other creditors.

Well, as long as the accused rapist and child pornographer says it is legal...

Yes, because he is just the moral barometer for which we are all to follow. Him, the guy who came up with the idea to profit off of taking advantage and ruining the lives of drunk girls, having them sign release waivers while inebriated. But if this guy can legally get away with violating the rights of women, I'm sure he can get away with his stupid gambling. Better he play poker in some losers house then manipulate two young girls to have sex on camera. This way, everyone remembers it the next morning and no one is shamed for life.