Prof. I. Nelson Rose
Gaming Law Expert
Orange County, CA - I. Nelson Rose is an internationally known author and public speaker, and arguably one of the world's leading experts on gambling and gaming law. He is currently a Distinguished Senior Professor at Whittier Law School and a Visiting Professor at the University of Macau. Rose wrote the book on Gambling and the Law (literally, in 1986) and continues to write a syndicated column by the same name.
Posts by Prof. I. Nelson Rose:
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Lessons from the Insurance Industry
23 Jun 2013Licensed gaming is slowly becoming just another legal business; which is a very good thing. Many of the strangest restrictions in the law arose from centuries of gambling being seen by society, or at least by opinion-leaders and law-makers, as an activity that was simply not respectable. Gambling debts were unenforceable, and courts would no […]
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Court Rules Poker Is a Game of Skill, But …
16 Sep 2012A federal judge in New York shook the gaming world in August 2012 by ruling that poker is predominantly a game of skill and therefore not “gambling” under the federal Illegal Gambling Business Act (“IGBA”). The editorial headline from the Christian Science Monitor was typical: “Misdeal on Internet poker gambling: A federal court ruling that […]