Nevada Legalizes Parimutuel Betting on eSports

The real goal is regulation, and saving eSports from itself.  Betting on other people playing video games is different from betting on other  people playing football, in one major respect: The National Football League oversees the ...

The Coming Crash of the eSports Skins Market

Gambling and the Law® The Coming Crash of the eSports Skins Market At its most exciting, eSports is an arena bursting with screaming fans, watching, and betting, as teams compete in video war games projected on giant screens. Fans place their bets, legal or illegal,...

Measuring China’s Impact on Las Vegas

Everyone in the gaming industry knows that Macau’s casinos suffered large downturns in revenue during the Mainland government’s corruption crackdown.  Chinese high-rollers knew that high-stakes gambling became a risky business, far from the baccarat tables.  When...

Are Daily Fantasy Sports Legal?

Gambling and the Law®: Are Daily Fantasy Sports Legal? Technology is speeding up changes in the world of gaming.  It took almost two centuries for poker to evolve from Straight Poker – five paper cards dealt face down with no draw – to Internet Hold ‘Em linking...

Will Trump Accidentally Destroy Las Vegas?

© Copyright 2017, all rights reserved worldwide.  Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I. Nelson Rose, www.GamblingAndTheLaw.com.  To be published in Gaming Law Review and Economics, Vol. 21, No. 1 at pp. (January/February 2017). Gambling and...