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I. Nelson Rose Gaming Guru - Page 19The Bizarre Law of Dealer Schools30 March 2003
Changes in the law always trail changes in society. As legal gambling
becomes more accepted, legislatures and judges find themselves
struggling to catch up.
Sometimes they fail.
One of the best examples of a court refusing to accept that the ... (read more)
Why Visa Is Dropping Online Gambling24 March 2003
Players wager billions of dollars online each year. Almost all bets are
funded, at least initially, by credit cards. Companies like Visa get a
piece of the action every time their cards are used, without risking a
player getting a hot streak.
Yet players ... (read more)
If Betting Is Not A Crime, Is It Legal?6 March 2003
In New York, it is not a crime to make a bet. But does that mean that betting in New York is legal?
This may sound like legal hair-splitting. But the U.S. Supreme Court recently refused to overturn a lower court's decision that betting does not have to be a crime to be illegal, resulting in a felony conviction for Jay Cohen, with a probable 21 months in prison. ... (read more)
Nothing Is Certain Except Death and More Taxes3 March 2003
State legislators are playing a kind of Russian Roulette with gaming
taxes, only the victims are casino workers, investors, owners and their
patrons, who did not even know they were playing the game.
The rules of the tax game are simple: A state legislature ... (read more)
Winning a Jackpot Dispute in Mississippi20 January 2003
Picture this: You put in three dollars into a progressive jackpot slot
machine in Biloxi, Mississippi. You pull the handle and the reels spin.
Suddenly they stop, with jackpot symbols lined up on the payline. Bells
ring and lights flash. The machine freezes, with a scale showing the
progressive jackpot is $509,000. ... (read more)
Is It Bingo or a Slot Machine?13 January 2003
A new casino competitor is coming to America: the bingosino.
Bingo is already being played on video screens. These gaming devices are
about to become virtually indistinguishable from video slots. They will
be joined by other machines and fast-action table games, ... (read more)
Court Upholds Casinos' Right To Unreasonably Exclude1 January 2003
Sometimes you just get a bad feeling about someone.
When you are working in a casino, it might be a player making bizarre
bets, like hitting on 19, and winning; or a guy who looks like he is
aching for a fight; or a small group, hanging around the slot machines, ... (read more)
Re-Raising Arizona23 December 2002
[Please note: I am a consultant for the Arizona Department of Gaming.
The opinions expressed in this column are my own and do not represent
those of the Department nor the State of Arizona.]
With more than 100% of the precincts reporting, voters in Arizona have ... (read more)
Caution - Bingo May Be Hazardous To Your Health16 December 2002
The Legislature and Governor of the state of Washington recently passed
a law warning us about the dangers of...
Muslim terrorists with box-cutters? No.
Anthrax on postage stamps? Guess again.
Global warming? West Nile Fever? AIDS? ... (read more)
Politics and the Law of Gambling8 December 2002
Politics has always played an important role in the making of gaming
law. But one of the most blatant attempts to use--or rather to
misuse--the political system in the name of controlling gambling took
place following the atrocities of September 11.
... (read more)
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