Change Indian Gaming Can Believe In
Gambling and the Law®: By Professor I Nelson RoseIndian casinos may soon overtake commercial casinos. Total gaming revenues for tribes appear to be more than $26 billion a year, while the American...
View ArticleHow to Win $23.1 Million by Folding
Gambling and the Law®: By Professor I Nelson RoseThe World Series of Poker offers the biggest prize in the world of sports. The last player walks away with $8.94 million. Not bad. But far short of...
View ArticleFederal Poker Indictments: Revisiting Prohibition
Gambling and the Law®: By Professor I Nelson RoseThe timing is suspicious.March saw Nevada regulators approving a partnership between Caesars and 888, and Wynn announcing a joint venture with...
View ArticleBlack Friday: A Step Too Far
Gambling and the Law®: By Professor I. Rose Nelson Can a government be charged with war crimes, if the war is only one of intimidation? The U.S. federal Department of Justice isn’t blowing up buses....
View ArticleA Law Professor Looks at Poker’s Black Friday
Gambling and the Law®: By Professor I. Rose Nelson In a previous blog, I wrote that the timing was suspicious. Why did the federal Department of Justice (“DoJ”) make its big show on Friday, April 15,...
View ArticleCompulsive Gambler Just Can’t Win
Gambling and the Law®: By Professor I. Rose Nelson A federal judge in New Jersey has issued the most complete and comprehensive judgment ever about whether a compulsive gambler can sue a casino. The...
View ArticleSenators Reid and Kyl Want Something Done on Internet Gambling Situation
Gambling and the Law®: By Professor I. Rose Nelson Leaders of the Democratic and Republican Parties in the Senate have sent the U.S. Attorney General a letter demanding that the Justice Department do...
View ArticleBut – Is It Gambling?
Gambling and the Law®: By Professor I. Rose Nelson Every week, I receive emails and phone calls from operators, reporters, and particularly entrepreneurs – individuals to large companies – wondering...
View Article'BLACKJACK AND THE LAW' Wins Case for Casino
Gambling and the Law®: By Professor I. Rose Nelson In one of the very first cases heard by the federal court in Las Vegas in 2011, Harrah’s (now renamed Caesars) once again won the right to kick out...
View ArticleSweden Gets It Mostly Right
Gambling and the Law®: By Professor I. Rose Nelson The Supreme Court of Sweden has ruled that poker is either a game of skill or a game of luck, depending upon the rules.At first, this sounds almost...
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