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When Is Poker Legal?

Poker Player 05-1 © 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 When, exactly, is it legal to run a poker game? Opening a cardroom without a license is...

Playing Internet Poker

PokerPlayer 05-2 © 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 Is it legal to play poker on the Internet? There are an estimated 1,840,100 active real...

Celebrity Poker and Taxes

Poker Player 2005 - #3 © 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 Successful actors, writers and others in the entertainment industry share some...

No More Floating Poker Games in Mississippi

Poker Player 2005 - #4 © 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 Some of the hardest hit victims of Hurricane Katrina were Gulfport and Biloxi’s...

Some Adults Are Not Allowed To Bet

2006 - #1 © Copyright 2006, all rights reserved worldwide. Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA Many casinos, state lotteries, bingo halls and racetracks won’t let anyone under 18 participate...

Legal Technicalities And Creativity In Florida

2006 - #2 © Copyright 2006, all rights reserved worldwide. Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA Silly laws create silly barriers, which call for silly solutions. In 1996, the Florida State...

Florida Should Listen To The Experts

2006 - #3 © Copyright 2006, all rights reserved worldwide. Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA It always amazes me that highly intelligent men and women make and interpret laws without having...

Washington State Makes It A Felony To Play Poker Online

2006 - #4 © Copyright 2006, all rights reserved worldwide. Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA As of June 7, it is now a felony in the state of Washington to play poker on the Internet. The...

What Washington’s New Felony Poker Law Means To You

2006 - #5 © Copyright 2006, all rights reserved worldwide. Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA This column was among the first to break the news that the Washington State Legislature intended...

Will Congress Cripple Internet Poker?

2006 - #6 © Copyright 2006, all rights reserved worldwide. Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I Nelson Rose, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA The U.S. House of Representatives has just approved a bill, HR 4411, which, if the Senate and...