COLUMNS BY

PROFESSOR I. NELSON ROSE

 

 

Gambling and the Law® Columns

(Syndicated Internationally)



DATE

TITLE

2007

Californians Will Vote, Again, on Compacts

2004

Gambling on the Ballot

2004

Pennsylvania’s New Slot Law

2005

It's Not Just About Voting

2004

Washington State Debates Level Playing Field, Again

2003

May Tribes Rake the Pot?

2003

Busted for Betting Online

2003

Florida Raises Poker Stakes (A Little)

2004

Is It A Crime To Play Poker On-line

2003

Switching Sides

2003

MasterCard Wins Hollow Victory

2002

Slot Machines And Lotteries Win Election

2003

The World's Only Gambling Court

2002

Caution – Bingo May Be Hazardous To Your Health

2002

The Name Game

2002

If Betting Is Not A Crime Is It Legal?

2002

Dealing With Card-Counters

2001

Gov. Davis Legalizes Gambling, Again

2002

California Bill Would Have Brought Back Prohibition

2001

Anti-Sports Betting Law

2006

Is There A Law Against Gambling On The Internet?
2005 Who Owns Tokens Left In Slot Machine Trays, Or How To Turn 5¢ Into A Fortune – By Suing The Casino
2005 Casinos On Cruse Ships, Why Not On Airplanes?

2005

When Social Engineering Is A Disaster

2005

Keep Out Legal Gambling

2005

New York Anti's Blow It

2005

What IGRA Left Out

2005

Internet Gaming: U.S. Beats Antigua in WTO

2005

The Threat of Reservation Shopping

2004

Poker Tournaments in Bars, Clubs, Online ... Everywhere

2004

Casinos As Debt Collectors

2006

When Tribes Buy Racinos

2004

Legal Gambling Wins Again at the Polls

2004

In California the Fight Will Continue

2004

Are New York’s Slots And VLTs Constitutional?
2004 Pennsylvania's New Slot Law
2004 Casinos Coming To Asia
2005 Wisconsin's Compacts - Bad Law And Politics

2005

Can Players Take Advantage of Mistakes?

2003

Supreme Court Tries To End Tribes' Sovereign Immunity

2004

Self-Delusion From The Anti's

2004

Silly Suits

2004

Technically Not Slot Machines

2005

Withdrawing Applications

2005

States Win Again

2005

Casinos Stuck Under New Anti-Terrorism Laws

2003

Compulsive Gamblers Lose Again, In Court

2003

The Bizarre Law of Dealer Schools
Why Visa Is Dropping Online Gambling
Gambling Wins Again At The Polls -- Part II
Gambling Wins Again At The Polls -- Part I
Nothing Is Certain Except Death And More Taxes
Is It Bingo, Or A Slot Machine?
Court Upholds Casinos' Right To Unreasonably Exclude
RE-RAISING ARIZONA
Politics and the Law of Gambling
California Legalizes Internet Gambling
Don't Tug On Superman's Cape
Nevada Legalizes Internet Gambling - Maybe
Why Disney Won't Take Bets From Vermont
In Nevada, It's Pay Your Markers Or Go To Jail
Busted For Betting Online?
Court Rules Internet Gambling Is Not Illegal
State Can Bar Some Adults From Gambling
Nevada A.G. Finds Free Internet Gambling Is Still Gambling
Who Won the 2000 Election?

2005

John Roberts, The Supreme Court, And Me
In Nevada, It's Pay Your Markers Or Go To Jail
State Can Bar Some Adults From Gambling
Nevada A.G. Finds Free Internet Gambling Is Still Gambling
Federal v. State Governments
Indian Nations and Internet Gambling

1989

NEVADA DRAWS THE LINE AT NEAR-MISS SLOTS
Tribes Given Chance To Open Class II Casinos
Casinos As Spies For The Federal Government
Do Parents Have A Duty To Keep Their Kids Out Of Casinos?
Governments Join War Against Card Counters
Making Your Web Site Too Good Can Get You Into Trouble
Nevada Supreme Court Orders Casino To Pay Card Counter
Defining Slots-For-Tots
Attempted Robbery By Lawsuit
Is It A Crime To Give A Casino A Bum Marker?
America Boldly Outlaws (And Quietly Legalizes) Internet Gambling
Will California License Mobsters?
A Modest Proposal From Governor Davis
March, 2000 Election Will Determine Fate of Casinos in California -- and Nevada
The Major Internet Gambling Case That Isn't
A $5,000,000 Camel
There Really Is A Free Meal
Commission Slings Mud, Folds Tent
Suicide Is Never Painless, But Who's To Blame?
The Myth Of The Level Playing Field
How To Double Casinos Jackpots For Free
Prop. 5 Lawsuit Scorecard
Courts Split On Casinos ' Right To Advertise
Legal Gambling Wins Big, Very Big, At The Polls
Prop. 5 v. Pala Compact - Are They Both Unconstitutional?
Technology And The Future Of Gambling
Court Condemns Casino Condemnations
You Can't Sue An Indian Tribe, Can You?
Signs Of A Backlash?
Louisiana Tries To Tax Indian Casinos
California Tribes Gather Signatures For Wide-Open Casinos Initiative
California Tribal Gaming Compacts Now A Definite Maybe
Casinos Lose More Than Players When Slots Malfunction
Missouri Supreme Court Rules Against Boats-In-A-Boat
Legal Issues In Gaming's New World
California Tribes Flex Political Muscles
Courts Help Keep Casino Riverboats Afloat
Nevada First State To Expressly Prohibit, And Legalize, Internet Gambling
The National Gambling Commission -- In Its Own Words
Balancing The Budget On The Backs Of Tribal Casinos
Why The Law Is Having So Much Trouble With Internet Gambling
Internet Day-Dreams
If Hawaii Legalizes Gaming, Will Native Hawaiians Have Casinos
Court Rules Gambling Laws Are Such A Mess That A Case Has To Be Dismissed
Do The "Anti's" Have The Clout They Claim?
Prognostications From The 1996 Election
What's In A Name?
New Jersey's Credit Card Mistake
The Federal Commission Will Lead To New Laws
How To Solve The Mess In New Mexico, Rhode Island, Kansas And Other States
California Supreme Court Declares Keno Illegal
Supreme Court Backs Off Treating "Vice" As A Special Category
Missouri Courts Debate Whether "Knowingly Making A False Statement" Is "Fraud"
What the Seminole Decision Really Means
Living With The New Currency Reporting Regulations
The Court Decision That Does NOT Put New Limits On Indian Land
Nevada Approves Interstate Phone Bets
I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!
When Image Is Declared Reality
Legislators As Social Engineers
Gambling, God And Senator Lugar
Keno Ruling Confirms Opportunity For California Indian Slots
Will Internet Casinos Hurt Vegas?
The A.G.s Take On Internet Gambling
Law And Politics In California
Bets From Home By Phone And Computer
Indian Gaming, The Supreme Court, And You
How To Write Legislation For Gaming
First Published as Gambling and the Law®:
Big Brother (The IRS) Is Watching
Busted For Betting Online?
Now It's Up To The Voters In California
Will The Internet Gambling Prohibition Act Actually Prohibit Internet Gambling?
Can Casinos Now Advertise in New York & California?
Making A Full Casino Out Of Video Games
What Can We Expect From The National Gambling Impact Study Commission?
Bingo -- Without The B,I,N,G or O
Can You Be Sued, If A Casino Pays You Too Much?
The Ten Most Important Events In Gaming Law
Will Congress Kill Horse Racing?
But Is It Gambling?
100% Legal Gambling On The Internet?
Indians Win Big In California: Now It's Up To The Courts
Don't Blame The Judges
California Courts Rule Against Indian Slots
New Jersey Supreme Court Undercuts Card Counters
Are Slot Clubs Legal?
Betting On Beanie Babies
Winners Not Invited
Lotteries In The Future
Guilty By Reason Of Insanity
The Soul Of A New Slot Machine
An Outsider's Guide To The Internet
Internet Operators Arrested
Trends
Jackpot? Sorry, The Slot Machine Malfunctioned.
Thirty Years In Prison For Saving Seats?
When Bad Kids Gamble
Will California Tribes Get (Legal) Slots?
California Legislature Makes Sausages
Psychic Powers? Don't Bet On It
New Jersey Declares Open Season On Cardcounters
Nevada Denies Casino License To Federal Government
More States Legalize Casinos
State Lotteries On The Internet?
What Is A Slot Machine?
Internet Gambling: Outlaw Or Regulate Now
How To Avoid Taxes On Gambling Winnings -- And Go To Jail
Minnesota Court Reaches Out And Touches Nevada Internet Bookie
Legal Gambling's Historic Triumph At The Polls
New Games
The Next Prohibition?
Guilty Even Though Innocent
Pyramid Schemes - Gambling Or Fraud?
Cause And Effect
The Supreme Court Reverses Its Own Ban On Casino Advertising
Indian Gaming Thrown Into Legal Limbo
The Supreme Court Declares Part of IGRA Unconstitutional - Forcing Congress To Act
Cheated At A Tribal Casino? Who You Goin' To Sue?
Don't Cheat At An Indian Casino
When Losers Sue Winners
Preferential Shuffling
The Judge Who Couldn't Tell An Ace From A Hole In The Ground
Kids - Part I & II
Keno Case Revisited: Indians Still Win
He Fought The Law, And He Won
Will Congress Kill The National Indian Lottery?
Computer Gambling
Keno Ruled Legal, California Indians Can Open Casinos
How Not To Write An Indian Gaming Compact
South Carolina's Slot Confusion
How Not To Legalize Slot Machines
Gambling Debts -- A Court Blows It
The Real Election Results
Casinos -- Why Now?
Coming To A Casino Near You
Card Counting By Casinos
Pivotal Dates In The Third Wave Of Legal Gambling
Winning, Losing, Suing, Winning
Biting Off The Hand That Feeds You
What Is A Lottery?
A Deluge Of Laws
States Win Battles Against Indian Gaming, But May Lose War
Prediction: Californians Will Vote Against Casinos
Keno Ruling Means Indian Casinos In California
Predicting Costners= Loss In South Dakota
What To Do When You Win $111 Million
Supreme Court To Lotteries: "Die, Scum"
Oh! Canadian Casinos!
Want To Buy A State Lottery?
Does Gambling Cause Crime?
Drunk Don't Count
How To Really Make Money During This Casino Boom
Endless Fields Of Dreams
The Next Las Vegas
The Real Election Results: Parts I, II & III
Tokes And Taxes: Parts I & II
Losing On Time
The Cruelest Tax
Success As Danger
The Year In Review: Parts I, II, III & IV
Government Non-Lotteries
Battle Over Indian Gaming Heats Up: Parts I & II
Letters
It's The Bank's Fault
The Changing Meaning Of Bingo
Sinking Riverboats
On The Cutting Edge Of Gambling Law
Gambling And The Law Update: Parts I, II & III
Outside The Law's Protection
Agreements To Split Winnings: Parts I & II
Can Iraq Save Craps?
Gambling Comes To The Eastern Bloc
Wanna 'Nother?
No Fooling
How To Beat A "Las Vegas Night"
Dealers Who Count Cards
Court Allows High-Stakes Indian Blackjack
Gambling And The Law - The Decade In Review: 1980-1990
What Resorts' Bankruptcy Means To The Gambler
Bankrupt Resorts And The Casino Industry
Nevada Court Rules You Can't Take It With You
Dealers Suing Casinos
Can Insiders Rig State Lotteries?
Legal Gambling Boom! And Bust? - Parts I, II & III
Nevada Draws The Line At Near-Miss Slots
The Coming Tidal Wave Of Legal Sports Betting
The Law Of Sports Gambling
The Future Of Gambling Is California
Arizona's Accidental Casinos
The New Indian Gambling Law
The Indian Gambling Debate
Congress Rewrites the Law
Video Poker Controversy Continues
California Court Allows Casino To Collect Gambling Debt
Loosening The Laws Against Sweepstakes
Stock Index Futures: Lessons From The Legal Gambling Industry
Bill Would Allow Legal Gambling, But Not Casinos, To Advertise
What Constitutes A Compulsive Gambler?
Compulsive Gambling And The Law: Parts I, II & III
In The Eyes Of The Law
Lottery Tickets Through The Mail
One Day Late, One Million Dollars Poorer
Indian Gambling Goes Boom!
Gamblers Get Supreme Break
Regulators Call The Shots
Dealers Who Count Cards
Excluded From The Track for Winning
What To Do If You Are Caught Counting Cards
Interstate Sports Betting
There Are No Lottery Instant Millionaires
Casino Bankruptcy And The Player
How To Make Money Off A State Lottery
The New Lottery Crimes
How To Save Thousands Of Dollars On Your Taxes
The Atlantic City Law On Card Counting: Parts I, II & III
Card Counters vs. Casinos And Regulators
The Nevada Law On Card Counting: Part I, II & III
Card Counting Devices Made Criminal
Card Counting Is Not Cheating
Will Nevada Protect Card Counters?
Pennsylvania's Accidental Casinos
Legal Gambling: The Right To Advertise: Parts I, II & III
Hold 'Em Poker In California: Parts I, II & III
Video Poker: Parts I & II
Slot Machines vs. The Law
Slot Machines And The Law
Indian Bingo
Taxes: Claiming Gambling As A (Risky) Business
Changing The Law Of Gambling Debts
Gambling Debts And The Player
Are Gambling Debts Collectible?
Turning In The High Rollers
Winnings And The Tax Man
Keeping Records Of Gambling Losses For Taxes

Taking Gambling Losses Off Your Taxes