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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...

Florida Raises Poker Stakes (A Little)

#160 © 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 It is difficult to get a state to legalize a new form of gambling. But it is nearly impossible to get...