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CHARNES v. CENTRAL CITY OPERA HOUSE

No. 87SC241.

773 P.2d 546 (1989)

Alan N. CHARNES, as Executive Director of the Department of Revenue of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. The CENTRAL CITY OPERA HOUSE ASSOCIATION, a Colorado nonprofit corporation; and the Brown Palace Hotel Associates Limited Partnership, d/b/a The Brown Palace Hotel, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

May 15, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., Steven M. Bush, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for petitioner.

Halaby & McCrea, Theodore S. Halaby, Thomas L. Kanan, Denver, for respondents.

QUINN, Chief Justice.

The question in this case is whether a fundraising event conducted by a nonprofit organization constitutes legally permissible or legally impermissible "gambling" as defined in section 18-10-102(2)(d), 8B C.R.S. (1986), when the participants in the event use "scrip money" in card and other wagering games with the objective of winning additional "scrip money" to be used ultimately for bidding on various items auctioned off during the fundraising...

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