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My Look Back at 2023

My Look Back at 2023

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...

Can Macao (Macau) Become Asia’s Las Vegas?

Can Macao (Macau) Become Asia’s Las Vegas?

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...

What “Best Practices” Really Means

What “Best Practices” Really Means

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...

Hiding an Elephant in a Mousehole

Hiding an Elephant in a Mousehole

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...

Tribes Win It All: California Gives Up Regulating Five Casinos

50 Shades of Black Markets

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...

Judge Rules Taking Bets from Black Markets No Big Deal

Judge Rules Taking Bets from Black Markets No Big Deal

“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...

Trapped in Macau

Trapped in Macau

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...

What’s Next for California Sports Betting?

What’s Next for California Sports Betting?

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...

Macau’s Distressing New Casino Laws – Part I

Macau’s Distressing New Casino Laws – Part I

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...

COVID Devastates Macau Casinos

COVID Devastates Macau Casinos

You know you are in deep trouble when one of the leading newsletters in your industry discusses the “silver lining” in being shut down: “Macau Casino Closures Provide Some Relief from Cash Burn.”  Asia Gaming Brief Macau casinos have so few gamblers, in fact, so...