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The Sound of Money at the Lake!

Wow! Even I was impressed by this past week at the lake! Money was coming out all over, the gamblers all looked happy as clams. It was hard to keep gathering jackpot amounts for the TahoeGamingGuide.com. After all, I always put those figures for the South Shore online by 6am DAILY...read more

Frank Scoblete and John Robison to Speak at Sam's Town in Tunica on Saturday, May 20th!

Gaming fans will want to mark Saturday, May 20th on their calendars because that's the day Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall in Tunica, Mississippi (1-800-456-0711) hosts gaming's number one best-selling author, Frank Scoblete, and America's number one slot expert, John Robison, in a day of talks and seminars about casino gaming...read more

America Boldly Outlaws (And Quietly Legalizes) Internet Gambling

Governments around the world are responding in different ways to the explosion of gambling on the Internet: Some jurisdictions are setting up strict regulatory systems, complete with licenses, background checks, controls and, of course, taxes...read more

The Major Internet Gambling Case That Isn't

A recent decision by Manhattan Judge Charles Edward Ramos of the Supreme Court of New York has created a minor panic in the Internet gaming community. A company which designs software for online casinos saw the price of its stock plummet. Operators who had been taking bets from New Yorkers wonder whether they have to avoid the state, or perhaps the entire country...read more

A $5 Million Camel

It has been said that a camel is a horse designed by a committee. Then what are we to make of the National Gambling Impact Study Commission's Final Report? Considering half the Commissioners were rabidly, sometimes secretly, anti-gambling, without having ever played a hand of blackjack, perhaps it was not a horse they were designing -- maybe something closer to a jackass...read more

Suicide Is Never Painless, but Who's to Blame?

The anti-gambling movement is attempting to show that legal gaming creates so many social problems that it should be outlawed. A standard argument is that more gambling means more bankruptcies, which means more suicides. The world is so complicated, that it is often impossible to know whether one thing "causes" another...read more

The Law of Internet Gambling (Page 4)

C. Regulation and prohibition of gambling is based on the state's police power. 1. There may be few published appellate decisions on the legality of Internet gambling. But, the question of a government's ability, under its police power, to control the transmission of gambling information and wagers was resolved years ago...read more

The Law of Internet Gambling (Page 3)

III. State laws which might apply. A. Statutes explicitly designed to cover Internet gaming. 1. Nevada -- SB 318 (codified at in NRS 465.091 to 465.094), signed into law on July 17, 1997 by Gov. Bob Miller, makes Nevada the first state to explicitly prohibit -- and allow -- gambling via the Internet. a...read more

The Law of Internet Gambling (Page 2)

E. Analysis of Internet gambling -- Technology is breaking down the d istinctions among the various forms of gambling. Every jurisdiction is free to decide how it wants to handle gambling, including definitions of terms. But, major tests have arisen: 1...read more

The Law of Internet Gambling (Page 1)

Gambling and the Law The Law of Internet Gambling I. Gambling online. A. Individuals may make wagers from any computer with a modem. 1. Greatest concern are the use of a personal computer ("PC") from home or office. a. Can the operator be trusted? (1) Is the game honest? (2) Is the financial transaction secure? (3) Has the operator connections with organized crime? b...read more