The Attorney General of California has agreed that the state will now have no role in regulating five tribal casinos.  More Indian casinos may follow. A federal trial court, and then, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled that California lost its right to...

Gaming law is becoming more and more interesting, and international. The big boom in the U.S. is sports betting, and not just for the 35+ states that have legalized in the last few years. I have advised nearly a dozen professional bettors, all winners, on such diverse...

I was recently featured in an insightful article that poses a fascinating question: Can Macau transform itself into Asia’s Las Vegas? This discussion takes center stage as Macau, the world's largest gambling hub, embarks on an ambitious journey to diversify its...

I was recently featured in a San Francisco Chronicle article titled "Sports gambling in California is illegal. Super Bowl bets will soar, anyway." This piece delves into the intriguing scenario surrounding sports betting in California, especially in light of the Super...

In the past few years, I testified as an expert witness in two major hearings where “best practices” had important and surprising roles. The Bergin Inquiry reexamined the entire system of regulating casinos in New South Wales, Australia.  Five years earlier, NSW had...

The federal D.C. Court of Appeals just ruled that the Seminole Tribe has a monopoly on internet sports betting in Florida.  The legal gambling world is abuzz about whether this means every tribe in America can now operate online sports books and take bets from...

Gray markets have become big business.  The American Gaming Association estimates Americans bet $511 billion with illegal and unregulated operators, costing legal sites $44.2 billion in gross gaming revenue and states $13.3 billion in taxes. American regulators...

“The French don’t care what they do, actually, as long as they pronounce it properly.”   - My Fair Lady An online sportsbook can report taking millions of dollars in bets from gray and black markets, as long as the numbers they report are accurate.  This is the...

On Saturday, Macau awarded “provisional licenses” to the six current casino operators.  These will allow them to continue to operate until they are awarded their official concessions in January. No surprise there.  In fact, the biggest surprise is that another...

Some of the richest, most powerful political players in the world of legal gambling just spent the most money ever on ballot propositions, nearly half a billion dollars, and won... nothing. Well, not exactly nothing.  It’s important to not only see what proponents of...

The extremely rich and politically powerful gaming tribes in California are spending nearly half a billion dollars this year to win the right to have sports betting. Or, I should say, they are throwing away their money on a fatally flawed initiative, which the voters...

Macau’s casino operators were just reminded, dramatically, that China is still a Marxist country. First, the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) became the only major nation to seek the complete eradication of Covid.  The PRC has the will and power to do whatever it...