Gambling and the Law®
Professor I. Nelson Rose, a leading expert on gambling law, author, consultant, and frequent expert witness for governments, and industry. – ABC News
One of the World’s Leading Authorities on Gaming Law
I. Nelson Rose
Gambling & Gaming Law Expert
Professor I. Nelson Rose is a legal consultant and expert witness for individuals, governments and industry. Contact him for:
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Gambling and the law®: Best Practice: The Case for Evidence‑Based Regulations
I recently spoke at the IAGR Conference in Botswana about the Case for Evidence-Based Regulations. Recordings of my presentation, and the entire conference, are available for purchase from IAGR.
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Prediction Markets, Sports Betting & Federal Regulation
Prediction markets are growing rapidly, especially as platforms begin offering contracts tied to sporting events. MarketWatch published a new article examining this expansion and the regulatory questions it raises, and I was pleased to contribute to the discussion....
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As part of Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, Republicans in the U.S. Senate snuck in a change in the federal income tax laws to get a couple of billion dollars from professional and other high-stakes gamblers over the next ten years. A billion dollars sound like a...
Professional Gamblers to Pay for Elon Musk’s Tax Breaks
Professional and high-stakes poker players, sports bettors and handicappers are about to be taxed out of business. Either that or they will move their action overseas to foreign jurisdictions that don't report gambling winnings to the IRS. As a lawyer, I must warn...
Regulator Drops Appeal in Prediction Market Case, a Suspicious Win for Donald, Jr.
I must start by saying I like prediction markets. Allowing people to trade event contracts, that is, make bets on future real-world events, has led to extraordinarily accurate forecasts. Of course, it invites insider trading. But that is not always bad. In 2003 the...