One more question, please. What if I no longer want someone in my pool, due to her constant rudeness on the job. She is paid up for several months, but after that time, if the pool does not win and I collect from the players for the next 4 months, I won't accept her payment. She has been participating in my pool for at least 2 years, straight. My question is, due to her participating in my pool for as long as she has, if I do not accept payment from her in the future, (do not include her in the office lottery pool in the future), does she have legal grounds to sue me and/or the pool and/or could she successfully sue me should the pool win a substantial sum of money in the lottery? Or is the answer the same as the above questions, that legally I can pick who's in and who's out of the lottery pool I organize?
(Sorry if this was redundant).
And thank you all for your time.
I'm still not so sure what you're doing (running a pool) is legal in the first place. Just because you've been doing it for three years, have a big sign posted about it, and with management's approval, does not in any way whatsoever mean running a pool like this is legal.
So while it's legal to cut this woman out of the pool, it may not be smart to piss her off. She wouldn't be able to sue you for anything, but she sure could report you to the gaming authorities - and if running a pool is illegal, then you'll be up to your neck in legal doo-doo.
I don't see any law against lottery pools in New York, and if there are any laws it doesn't look like they're enforced.
OK that's good then. I was just saying the legality should be established before OP starts pissing off his coworkers.
Absolutely.