about if it is legal or not, its kinda like mah jong in hong kong. as long as its chips in play instead of cash exchanging on the table, its all fine, and the game i mentioned has been running for years so no worries about legal issues. and about cheating, u have to try it on your own, generally, i really dun think if there is cheating going on and u wouldnt sense it. i have played there for a while and i can quite assure u that no cheating is going on unless of course u count in bad beats = cheating :030: As far as i knw, people there do not really care that much about the couple thousands, everyone is just playing for fun and enjoying the game atmosphere. so i would recommend go ahead and give it a shot.