#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...
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Is It A Crime To Play Poker On-line
#159 © 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 The biggest event in the world of Internet poker took place not online, but in a casino in downtown Las...
Switching Sides
#158 © 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 Every serious gambler has wondered at some time or other what it would be like to be on the other side...
MasterCard Wins Hollow Victory
#157 © 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 MasterCard and Visa recently won a major victory in the Court just below the U.S. Supreme Court,...
Slot Machines And Lotteries Win Election
#154 ©Copyright 2002, all rights reserved worldwide Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA The big winner of the November 2002 elections was legal gambling, particularly state lotteries and slot...
The World’s Only Gambling Court
#153 ©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 Is compulsive gambling a disease? The prevailing view in the law is that gambling is a vice. Compulsive...
Caution – Bingo May Be Hazardous To Your Health
#152 ©Copyright 2002, all rights reserved worldwide Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA The Legislature and Governor of the state of Washington recently passed a law warning us about the...
The Name Game
#151 ©Copyright 2002, all rights reserved worldwide Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA The major obstacle to any Internet gambling operation is not the law or even the costs of doing...
If Betting Is Not A Crime Is It Legal?
#150 ©Copyright 2002, all rights reserved worldwide. Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I. Nelson Rose, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA. In New York, it is not a crime to make a bet. But does that mean that betting in New York is legal?...
Dealing With Card-Counters
#149 ©Copyright 2002, all rights reserved worldwide. Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I. Nelson Rose, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA. Casinos are the only businesses which make money by beating their own customers at games of chance....