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New Facebook Page & Twitter Account
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The Most Important Case of this Century
BLOG Gambling and the Law® ©November 13, 2017 www.GAMBLINGANDTHELAW.com In December, the U.S. Supreme Court will hold its hearing. It will release its decision by next June. The ruling could be one...
Will the Supreme Court Give Gambling Back to the States?
Gambling has always been a state issue. In fact, until recently, the federal government could not overrule states’ decisions on moral issues, like whether gambling or marijuana should be made legal. The U.S. Supreme Court will probably use the New Jersey sports betting case to reset the balance in favor of states’ rights.
Supreme Court Will Hear NJ Sports Betting Case
BLOG Gambling and the Law® ©June 28 , 2017 www.GamblingAndTheLaw.com Supreme Court Will Hear NJ Sports Betting Case The Supreme Court hears less than 0.001% of decisions from the federal circuit courts of appeal. So, why the New Jersey sports betting case? The...
Nevada Legalizes Parimutuel Betting on eSports
The real goal is regulation, and saving eSports from itself.
Betting on other people playing video games is different from betting on other
people playing football, in one major respect:
The Coming Crash of the eSports Skins Market
Die-hard fans believe that skins really are worth the market price. Of course they are, at that moment. And they will continue to be worth what they paid for them, until the market crashes, as it inevitably must – because neither the items nor their apparent scarcity are real.
Measuring China’s Impact on Las Vegas
Everyone in the gaming industry knows that Macau’s casinos suffered large downturns in revenue during the Mainland government’s corruption crackdown. Chinese high-rollers knew that high-stakes gambling became a risky business, far from the baccarat tables. When...
Are Daily Fantasy Sports Legal?
Gambling and the Law®: Are Daily Fantasy Sports Legal? Technology is speeding up changes in the world of gaming. It took almost two centuries for poker to evolve from Straight Poker – five paper cards dealt face down with no draw – to Internet Hold ‘Em linking...
Will Trump Accidentally Destroy Las Vegas?
President Donald J. Trump’s greatest strength, his success as a businessman, is also his greatest weakness.
Take, for example, China.
For decades, the United States has had what looks like bizarre, self-contradictory positions toward the Peoples Republic of China and Taiwan…
Day 6 Productions
To help save endangered wild elephants, my wife, Patricia; daughter, Lauren; son-in-law, Hamish; and I founded Day 6 Productions. I created these ceramic “Ellie Funts,” with Hamish, a production potter. We give 15% of the proceeds to the David Sheldrick Wildlife...
What Should Daily Fantasy Sports Do Now?
Gambling and the Law®: What Should Daily Fantasy Sports Do Now? The two big Daily Fantasy Sports (“DFS”) operators, FanDuel and DraftKings, and their backers, are, in the immortal words of former President George H.W. Bush, in “deep-doodoo.” But lawyers with legal...
End Game for Daily Fantasy Sports?
Gambling and the Law®: End Game for Daily Fantasy Sports? Daily Fantasy Sports is Rocky Balboa. Like Rocky in the big fight scene in Rocky I, DFS operators have been on the ropes since the beginning of October. But, also like Rocky, they continue to battle on, taking...
China’s Gambling Problem
Macau is by far the largest gaming jurisdiction in the world. This year, the casinos in this Special Administrative Region of China are projected to win more than all of the privately owned casinos in the United States – about $40 billion. And Macau is not only...
Gaming Law in a Nutshell
Gaming Law in a Nutshell recently published by West Publishing. Written by Professors I. Nelson Rose and Walter T. Champion, Jr., the book discusses all aspects of gambling law, and on all levels: local, tribal, state, national, and international. It covers all...
The Power of Television
"If you are not on television you don't exist" Jack Valenti The more things change, the more . . . What? They remain the same? They change? One of the last book stores in Los Angeles recently closed. And record stores are just as rare. This doesn't mean that people...