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I. Nelson Rose Gaming Guru - Page 7  Gambling and the Law: A present from the DOJ28 December 2011
The United States Department of Justice (“DoJ”) has given the online gaming community a big, big present, made public two days before Christmas. President Barack Obama’s administration has just declared, perhaps unintentionally, that almost every form of intra-state Internet gambling is legal under federal law, and so may be games played interstate and even internationally. ... (read more)
Gambling and the Law: Amnesty for Internet poker sites?28 October 2011
Poker operators who took online bets from residents of the United States have received enough good and bad new this year to last a lifetime. First, Nevada regulators approved a partnership between Caesars and 888. Steve Wynn announced he would work with PokerStars in the hopes of setting up PokerStarsWynn.com, to accept American players. ... (read more)
Gambling and the Law: Sweden gets it mostly right28 October 2011
The Supreme Court of Sweden has just ruled that poker is either a game of skill or a game of luck, depending upon the rules.
At first, this sounds almost like a joke. But, in fact, the Court got it almost completely correct.
The poker game under consideration was Texas Hold ‘Em. Certainly, experienced players know this is a game of skill. ... (read more)
Gambling and the Law: Is it gambling?14 September 2011
Every week, I receive emails and phone calls from operators, reporters, and particularly entrepreneurs – individuals to large companies – wondering whether a new Internet idea is legal.
Auctions are particularly big at the moment, but these aren’t your grandfathers’ auctions.
Creative, ... (read more)
Gambling and the Law: Christie shocked, shocked at Internet gambling bill14 September 2011
Governor Chris Christie wants to be President of the United States.
You can tell, because he is constantly traveling all over the U.S., holding press conferences to say that he does not want to run.
That’s how it is done in the U.S.
But Christie’s problem is that he is a Republican, which ... (read more)
Gambling and the Law: California's Unnecessary Delay30 August 2011
On August 22, 2011, California State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg sent a letter announcing that the bills to legalize intra-state Internet poker would not be voted on this year. The letter was also signed by Sen. Roderick D. Wright, Chair of the Governmental Organization Committee, and author of one of the bills. ... (read more)
Gambling and the Law: Be Afraid! Be Very Afraid!22 August 2011
Opponents of legal gambling are notorious within the industry for making up numbers.
Robert Goodman, for example, is a discredited "anti" and the founder of the grandly named, though now defunct, "United States Gambling Research Institute." He is infamous for proclaiming, "The American Insurance ... (read more)
Gambling and the Law: 'Blackjack and the Law' wins case for casino22 August 2011
In one of the very first cases heard by the federal court in Las Vegas in 2011, Harrah’s (now renamed Caesars) once again won the right to kick out card-counters. Roger L. Hunt, Chief U.S. District Judge for Nevada, based his decision, in part, on a book I co-authored in 1998, BLACKJACK AND THE LAW. ... (read more)
Gambling and the Law: The Reid-Kyl letter on Internet gambling18 July 2011
Leaders of the Democratic and Republican Parties in the Senate have sent the U.S. Attorney General a letter demanding that the Justice Department do something about Internet gambling. What, exactly, is up to the reader. This Rorschach inkblot test of a letter allows proponents and opponents to project ... (read more)
Gambling and the Law: D.C. proposes rules for Internet non-gambling1 July 2011
[In the interest of full disclosure, I am working with the D.C. Lottery on a related plan, to bring in electronic Instant Ticket Vending Machines ("e-ITVMs"). These will look like the most advanced Class II machines, and will dispense instant lottery tickets.]
The District of Columbia officials held a ... (read more)
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