Legality of charity poker tournaments and parental role

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There are some states that do not allow charitable gambling. This article mentions 4 states do not have charitable gaming fund raising exceptions.
http://cjonline.com/news/2012-08-11/state-says-poker-runs-charity-tournaments-illegal

For the state in this article, seems you can get legal by having the games be more skill based than chance based. So Texas hold-em can be legal. Seems payouts can be cash. Also, it is so rarely prosecuted many were not aware when someone showed up and started prosecuted a few organizations.

CA has charitable gaming, but no cash payouts, as already mentioned.