It is said that the worst mistake you can make if you are involved as a party in a lawsuit is to try to handle the case yourself, even if you are a lawyer. So, you hire a lawyer. But the second worst mistake you can make if you are involved with legal gaming is to ask...
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Is Proxy Play Legal?
© Copyright 2015, all rights reserved worldwide. Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, www.GamblingAndTheLaw.com. Published in Gaming Law Review and Economics, Vol. 19, No. 4 at p.272-276 (May 2015). In a Very Important...
As if They Were Doing Us a Favor
© Copyright 2014, I. Nelson Rose, Encino, California. All rights reserved worldwide. Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I. Nelson Rose, www.GamblingAndTheLaw.com. Published in Gaming Law Review and Economics, Vol. 18, No. 3 at p. 246...
Can Corporate Banishment Save Las Vegas Sands?
In mid-2009, Steve Jacobs was hired to run the Macau operations of casino giant Las Vegas Sands. A year later he was fired, by Sheldon Adelson. What came next is exactly what Americans would expect: Jacobs sued. In the U.S., high-powered, wealthy executives are...
Pennsylvania’s New Slot Law
#100 © Copyright 2004, all rights reserved worldwide Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA "Politics is the art of the compromise" Anonymous Legalizing gambling is not the same as...
Gambling on the Ballot
#101© Copyright 2004, all rights reserved worldwide Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA Legal gambling is once again a hot political issue. The November 2004 elections will not be a repeat of...
Californians Will Vote, Again, on Compacts
© Copyright 2007, all rights reserved worldwide. Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, www.GamblingAndTheLAw.com Professor I. Nelson Rose is recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on gaming law. An internationally...
Washington State Debates Level Playing Field, Again
#164 © Copyright 2004, all rights reserved worldwide Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA An unsolvable problem has reemerged in Washington State: How to let privately-owned cardclubs and...
May Tribes Rake the Pot?
#162 © Copyright 2003, all rights reserved worldwide Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA What is the difference between “and” and “or?” If the answer is nothing, then tribal cardrooms have a...
Busted for Betting Online
#161 © Copyright 2003, all rights reserved worldwide Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA Jeffrey Trauman has made history. As best I can tell, he is the first, and only, person who has...