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I. Nelson Rose Gaming Guru - Page 10  Proving Poker Is a Game of Skill31 March 2009
How can we make poker legal?
The cleanest way is to get a statute passed through the state Legislature.
In my book, "Gambling and the Law," I show how California became the draw poker capital of the world because the state enacted laws in the 19th century that outlawed specific games, like 21 and faro, but left draw poker off the list.
... (read more)
Gambling and the Law: Don't Finish This Book23 March 2009
There ought to be a law prohibiting anyone from writing a book about gambling who does not know how to make a bet. (There also ought to be a law against writing books if you can't write, but that is a different subject.)
Gambling has been at the heart of many stories. The best, inevitably, are ... (read more)
Making and Unmaking Laws in Court3 March 2009
Where you find the laws most numerous, there you will find also the greatest injustice.
Arcesilaus
The New Year has started with dramatic and sometimes unexpected changes in the law.
Of course there was that small matter of a new Congress and President.
But the first few weeks of 2009 have shown how important the American court system remains in preventing injustice. ... (read more)
Analysis | Betcha.com Wins Big12 February 2009
The Court of Appeals of the state of Washington -- the state that makes it a felony to play poker on the Internet -- just ruled that gambling is not gambling if the loser is not required to pay the winner.
The case started in 2004, when Nick Jenkins came up with the idea for Betcha.com.
Here’s how the ... (read more)
Penn. Court Rules Poker Is a Game of Skill23 January 2009
In the first important legal decision of 2009, a trial judge in Pennsylvania dismissed criminal gambling charges against the operator of a garage poker room and his girlfriend dealer, holding that Texas Hold 'em is a game of skill.
Columbia County Judge Thomas A. James Jr., filed his written opinion on Jan. ... (read more)
Gambling and the Law: The Casino of the Immediate Future8 January 2009
The casino of the future can be found today, in countries like Vietnam and Cambodia.
Many countries have allowed casinos, restricted to foreign tourists. The ones I visited in Cambodia were in hotels in Siem Reap, near the famous ruins of Angkor Wat.
What is unusual is to see table games like roulette and baccarat. ... (read more)
The Impact of a Depression on Gaming Laws7 January 2009
Buy when there is blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own.
Baron Nathan Rothschild
This is not just an economic recession -- it’s a worldwide depression.
The distinction is important, like the difference between neurosis and psychosis. A neurotic may have problems, even severe, distressing ones. ... (read more)
Gambling and the Law: Regulators, Legislators And Courts1 December 2008
The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has issued the latest, but undoubtedly not the last, decision in the fight over the Emerald Casino license. The Opinion offers some important lessons for anyone who wants to be involved in legal gaming.
First, a disclaimer: I was an expert witness for the ... (read more)
Which Way, Asia?29 October 2008
Macau’s gross gaming revenue is slowing. Still, the only legal casinos in China made more in the first three quarters of 2008 than they did in all of 2007 -- and that was more than all the casinos on the Las Vegas Strip.
Singapore is next, with the first of two gigantic integrated resorts, or IRs, as ... (read more)
Gambling and the Law: Is poker -- like chess -- a game of skill?10 October 2008
Is poker a game of skill?
In states without licensed cardrooms, the answer will almost always determine whether it is legal to operate the game as a business. In about half the states, it would also determine whether merely playing in a commercial game is a crime.
States do have the right to put restrictions on games of skill played for money. ... (read more)
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