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Macau and LV: Collateral Damage from Trump’s Trade War with China
President Donald Trump has escalated his trade war with China. This week he announced that he intends to slap tariffs on another $200 billion of imports from China. Stock markets around the world fell dramatically, as did the value of China’s currency, the yuan....
The Supreme Court Changes Everything
Late last year, I wrote a blog about the then pending sports betting case, entitled, “The Most Important Case of the Century.” It turned out to be even bigger than that In the coming days and weeks, I will be discussing in detail what this major change in the law...
Supreme Court Oral Arguments in NJ Sportsbetting Case Analyzed
© Copyright 2018, all rights reserved worldwide. Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, www.GAMBLINGANDTHELAW.com. Gambling and the Law®: SCOTUS in the PASPA Sausage Factory "Laws are like sausages. It's better not to see them...
House Passes Bill to End Union Organizing of Tribal Casinos
Tribes and the unions that represent casino workers have been at loggerheads for years over the right of union organizers to even enter onto Indian land. The few federal courts that have looked at the issue have decided in favor of the unions. Here's my write-up of...
Impact of a 1% Tax on Sports Betting
Can a sports book make a profit with a 1% “integrity fee” on handle? Yes, if you consider 2.5% before expenses a profit.
States Grandfathered-in Under PASPA
©Copyright January 9, 2018. All rights reserved worldwide. GAMBLING AND THE LAW® is a registered trademark of Prof. I. Nelson Rose, www.GAMBLINGANDTHELAW.com. The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (“PASPA”) freezes sports betting into whatever form it...
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…