© Copyright 2010, all rights reserved worldwide. Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, www.GamblingAndTheLaw.com The European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) has now made it clear that the governments of the European Union have only two...
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Trial in Gibraltar or Jail in Ohio
#10-5 © Copyright 2010, Professor I. Nelson Rose, Encino, California. All rights reserved worldwide. Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Prof. Rose, www.GamblingAndTheLaw.com. “If we read Ohio law as controlling the contract in question, the parties...
Regulating Players
#162 © Copyright 2010, all rights reserved worldwide. Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, www.GamblingAndTheLaw.com "I'm a man who can't say no." Billy Joel, “Easy Money” How far should governments go in protecting casino...
Death Penalty For Underachieving
#163 © Copyright 2010, all rights reserved worldwide. Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, www.GamblingAndTheLaw.com Why do we regulate casinos? Historically, the main – if not only – reason was to keep out organized crime....
The Impact of the Great Recession
#164 © Copyright 2010, all rights reserved worldwide. Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, www.GamblingAndTheLaw.com The Great Depression of the 1930's helped create the modern casino industry. And today’s Great Recession is...
Macau Junkets Trouble Nevada
#165 © Copyright 2010, all rights reserved worldwide. Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, www.GamblingAndTheLaw.com The headlines were startling. From Reuters, the source of the original story: “SPECIAL REPORT-High-rollers,...
How Far Should We Go in Protecting Players from Themselves?
© Copyright 2010, all rights reserved worldwide. Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, www.GamblingAndTheLaw.com Jurisdictions vary wildly in the rules gaming operators are required to impose – on players. The most common is a...
Kentucky Sues to Recover Poker Losses
#2010-3 © Copyright 2010, all rights reserved worldwide. Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I. Nelson Rose, www.GamblingAndTheLaw.com On March 25, 2010, Governor Steve Beshear of Kentucky launched his latest attack against online gaming...
California’s Internet Poker Bill
#166 © Copyright 2010, all rights reserved worldwide. Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, www.GamblingAndTheLaw.com The Great Recession may mark the beginning of the end of the U.S. ban on Internet poker. On May 28, 2010, State...
California Breakthrough
© Copyright 2010, all rights reserved worldwide. Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, www.GamblingAndTheLaw.com California is about to become the test on whether politics really is the art of the possible. At the end of May,...