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Nevada Legalizes Internet Gambling - Maybe

Many Nevada casinos have decided that Internet gaming is not just going to go away. As with Indian gaming, they have abandoned years of wishful thinking, arguing for prohibition, and have finally adopted the position that the industry should be regulated...read more

Meet Frank Scoblete in Person on September 24!

MEET FRANK SCOBLETE IN PERSON ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2001!   at   THE LEARNING ANNEX IN MANHATTAN       Guerrilla Gambling: How to Beat the Casinos at Their Own Games with FRANK SCOBLETE If you enjoy casino gambling and would like to improve your results, bestselling gaming author Frank Scoblete can help! In three information-packed, fun-filled hours, you'll get expert tips on how to improve your results in any game...read more

The Legal Gray Areas of Gambling Debt Enforceability

A federal judge has ruled in a major decision that Internet gambling is not a crime--sometimes. Judge Stanwood R. Duval, Jr., of the U.S. District Court in New Orleans issued the ruling in late February, 2001. He dismissed two test cases brought against MasterCard and Visa, allowing Web betting sites to continue to take credit cards. Judge Duval gave many reasons for throwing out the suits, including a legal conclusion that Internet gambling's main nemesis, the federal Wire Act, applies only to sports betting. The opinion illustrates how important it is for lawyers to research the law before they file their lawsuits...read more

20 Assumptions You Should Never Make in a Casino!

Tell me honestly, whenever you say something like: "Well, I assumed blah, blah, blah," doesn't it annoy the heck out of you when some idiot then counters with: "Always remember, when you assume you make an ass of you and me! Ha! Ha! Ha!" None of us want to be told our assumptions are false...read more

20 Assumptions You Should Never Make in a Casino!

Tell me honestly, whenever you say something like: "Well, I assumed blah, blah, blah," doesn't it annoy the heck out of you when some idiot then counters with: "Always remember, when you assume you make an ass of you and me! Ha! Ha! Ha!" None of us want to be told our assumptions are false...read more

20 Assumptions You Should Never Make in a Casino!

Tell me honestly, whenever you say something like: "Well, I assumed blah, blah, blah," doesn't it annoy the heck out of you when some idiot then counters with: "Always remember, when you assume you make an ass of you and me! Ha! Ha! Ha!" None of us want to be told our assumptions are false...read more

GoodTimes Radio Moves to SportsPlus 790 WMC

The popular GoodTimes Show, which broadcasts Tunica casino gaming and entertainment news to Mid-South listeners, will mark its 7th anniversary in operation on July 7 with its first show from a new location, SPORTSPLUS 790 WMC, Memphis. "The timing was perfect," said Rudi Schiffer, who hosts and produces the two-hour radio show...read more

Nevada AG Finds Free Internet Gambling Is Still Gambling

Nevada is the only state in the United States, and probably the only government in the world, to conclude that players are making wagers -- when they are not making wagers. Everyone knows what gambling is. Judges and lawyers may use words such as prize, chance and consideration...read more

Understanding the Law of Internet Gambling

In the absence of up-to-date U.S. laws for new gambling technologies, attorney and professor I. Nelson Rose offers his interpretation of how old laws apply to the new phenomenon of Internet gambling. Click here to download Rose's report, "Understanding the Law of Internet Gambling" (https://www...read more

Federal v. State Governments

Internet gambling is exposing inherent weaknesses in some of the world’s largest governments; conflicts that cannot ever be completely resolved. In the old, old days (around 1996), it looked like the Great Divide was between the large countries in the Northern Hemisphere, and everyone else...read more