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I. Nelson Rose Gaming Guru - Page 19The World's Only Gambling Court16 May 2003
Is compulsive gambling a disease?
The prevailing view in the law is that gambling is a vice. Compulsive gamblers who destroy their lives may be pitied, but they are punished for their moral weakness, not treated.
In this view, telling judges or juries that defendants committed crimes to feed their gambling habits is worse than useless. ... (read more)
The Name Game25 April 2003
The major obstacle to any Internet gambling operation is not the law or even the costs of doing business. It is getting customers. Add to this the limited number of ".com" and ".net" names available, and it is easy to see why there have been more lawsuits over brand names than over any other issue connected ... (read more)
The 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)
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