#97 © Copyright 2005, all rights reserved worldwide Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA "To err is human. But to really louse it up, it takes a computer." Anonymous The explosive proliferation...
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Supreme Court Tries To End Tribes’ Sovereign Immunity
#96 © 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 Tribal sovereign immunity is the doctrine that says that a tribe cannot be sued unless Congress acts or...
Self-Delusion From The Anti’s
#95 © 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 "The expansion crapped out, went bust and turned up a loser" Tom Grey, Executive Director, National...
Silly Suits
#94 8 Copyright 2004, all rights reserved worldwide Gambling and the Law7 is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA Mr. Brownlow: ...the law supposes that your wife acts under your direction. Mr. Bumble: If that's what...
Technically Not Slot Machines
#93 © 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 The most important developments in the world of gaming devices are not the way the new machines look....
Withdrawing Applications
#91 © Copyright 2005, all rights reserved worldwide Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA Be careful what you wish, because sometimes you can't back out. It is always surprising to read about...
Gambling Law: States Win Again
#90 © Copyright 2005, all rights reserved worldwide Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA In the 1950s and '60s, the term "states' rights" became a code phrase for segregation. While the federal...
Casinos Stuck Under New Anti-Terrorism Laws
#89 © Copyright 2005, all rights reserved worldwide Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA If you think about it, legal gambling establishments would be the last places you would expect to be...
Compulsive Gamblers Lose Again, In Court
#88 © 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 "If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all." "Born Under A Bad Sign" by Booker T. Jones...
The Bizarre Law of Dealer Schools
#87 © 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 Changes in the law always trail changes in society. As legal gambling becomes more accepted,...