Is Calcutta style private betting illegal?

Answer 1

PERFECTly LEGALwe have calcuttas in our pool tounrs 3 times a week as long as the entire calcutta is paid out
if the house trys to hold part then its not legal
kind of paramutuel
like our poker games are legal as long as we dont keep any of the money CUT POT or charge a fee to play ok ok we make our money from selling beer and food and the money that is put in tables if its on our bar boxes