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:

• Lessons from the Insurance Industry

  23 Jun 2013

  Licensed 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 […]

• Court Rules Poker Is a Game of Skill, But …

  16 Sep 2012

  A 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 […]