The Conceptual Foundation of the Gambling Club
The gambling club is a separate, specialised form of gambling business, and understanding it begins with two concepts. Article 3 of the law defines the club table — a specially equipped table on which a game proceeds between players by means of bankque (cards); the cards in the game may be dealt by a representative of the organiser of the gambling game as well. The gambling club, in turn, is a specially equipped building or part of one where the organiser conducts bankque games through a club table or tables — the classic poker-club format fits this definition exactly.
The same article contains the concept of the gambling tournament: a game conducted by the holder of a casino and/or gambling club permit through a club table. One significant restriction also sits here: where the holder of a casino permit uses a club table only for a gambling tournament and does not pay the gaming business fee established for the club table, it has no right to receive income from conducting the tournament. The tournament may be organised both on the object organised under the permit and outside it.