Online Gambling

Policy

Federal Judge Says Poker Is Not Gambling

Jacob Sullum | 8.22.2012 2:35 PM

Civil Liberties

Judge Rules Poker Is a Game of Skill, Not Gambling

Declares poker games legal under federal law.

Reason Staff | 8.21.2012 10:55 PM

Civil Liberties

When Civil Liberties Collide: Gay Marriage vs. Gambling in Maryland

Why is a national gay organization trying to block a vote on gambling?

Scott Shackford | 8.13.2012 5:15 PM

Nanny State

California Gaming Tribes Prep to Fight Internet Gambling Laws

Coalition asks state Legislature not to pass bill as session comes to end.

Reason Staff | 8.7.2012 8:52 PM

Politics

Maryland House Speaker: Let's Talk About Internet Gambling

Internet gambling will be among the issues Maryland's legislature takes up in the debate over legalizing gambling.

Reason Staff | 8.3.2012 1:57 PM

Nanny State

Tribes Fret Over Competition from Legalized Poker

Making big bucks from casinos with near-monopolies, Native American tribal official worry that online gambling could cut into their take

Reason Staff | 8.1.2012 4:47 PM

Politics

Sweepstakes Operator Suing Law Enforcement That Shut Him Down

The South Carolina entrepreneur says he's fighting for his Constitutional rights

Reason Staff | 8.1.2012 9:33 AM

Politics

Deal Between Pokerstars and Prosecutors May Mean Customer Reimbursements

The company is paying the federal government a settlement it says will be used to pay back former U.S. customers.

Reason Staff | 7.31.2012 1:00 PM

Culture

You Can Bet on the Olympics Online in 182 Countries, But Not the Land of the Free

Ed Krayewski | 7.26.2012 5:02 PM

Politics

Reason.tv: The Politics of Poker and Why It's Time to Legalize Online Gaming

Zach Weissmueller | 7.6.2012 3:00 PM

Politics

Reason.tv: The Politics of Poker and Why It's Time to Legalize Online Gaming

Zach Weissmueller | 7.6.2012 2:00 PM

Policy

FoolProof Approach to Gambling: First Hysteria, Then Facts

Jacob Sullum | 3.1.2012 1:52 PM

Politics

How Government Corrupts Gambling

Jacob Sullum | 2.17.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

Rick Santorum: Against Contraception, Against Online Gambling

Nick Gillespie | 2.16.2012 4:57 PM

Policy

If Poker Is a Public Health Issue, What Isn't?

Jacob Sullum | 1.19.2012 3:48 PM

Politics

'Things Happened'

The year's highlights in shifting responsibility

Jacob Sullum | 12.28.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

DOJ Reversal Could Clear the Way for Online Gambling

Jacob Sullum | 12.26.2011 4:04 PM

Policy

Nevada Legalizes Online Poker

Jacob Sullum | 12.23.2011 12:02 PM

Policy

Clinton Condemns Her Own Government's Internet Policy

Jacob Sullum | 12.9.2011 3:12 PM

Politics

If Jack Abramoff Had Bought a Supermarket Chain, Would Frank Wolf Want to Ban Groceries?

Jacob Sullum | 11.18.2011 6:23 PM

Culture

Can Congress Stop N.J. From Legalizing Sports Betting?

Jacob Sullum | 11.11.2011 12:23 PM

Policy

The Government Blames Full Tilt Poker for the Disruption the Government Deliberately Created

Jacob Sullum | 9.21.2011 12:33 PM

Nanny State

Is Full Tilt Poker Really a "Ponzi Scheme"? If So, Is it Still a Better Bet Than Social Security?

Nick Gillespie | 9.21.2011 10:29 AM

Culture

Fult Tilt Poker or Full-Tilt Ponzi Scheme? Chris "Jesus" Ferguson Indicted Named in Legal Action.

Nick Gillespie | 9.20.2011 2:45 PM

Politics

ReasonTV: Wayne Allyn Root Explains How He Will Become President

Sharif Matar and Matt Welch | 9.19.2011 5:27 PM

Policy

Reason Writers on the Air: Matt Welch on Fox Business Network Calls for Repealing Prohibition on Online Gambling and Marijuana

Matt Welch | 8.18.2011 4:09 PM

Economics

The Real Effects of Gambling

Don't believe the hype. The epidemic of pathological gambling is hugely exaggerated.

Steve Chapman | 7.21.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

New Bipartisan Bill Would Legalize Online Poker

Jacob Sullum | 6.27.2011 2:33 PM

Policy

The Myths About Legalized Gambling

New casinos won't fix economic woes.

Steve Chapman | 6.6.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

Online Poker and Steven Levitt's Daughter

Jacob Sullum | 6.1.2011 12:32 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: North Carolina Bans Rare Burgers! Nanny of the Month (May 2011)

Ted Balaker | 5.31.2011 10:31 AM

Politics

Cops Chase Terrorists, Catch Poker Players

Jesse Walker | 5.23.2011 5:37 PM

Policy

Is Poker Gambling in New York?

Jacob Sullum | 4.27.2011 2:45 PM

Policy

Online Poker Update

Jacob Sullum | 4.22.2011 12:07 PM

Policy

Online Poker's Real Victim Is the Government

Radley Balko | 4.22.2011 11:07 AM

Policy

Poker Bars

Why should anyone go to prison for helping people play cards?

Jacob Sullum | 4.20.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

Disinterested Headline of the Day

Matt Welch | 4.19.2011 10:54 AM

Science & Technology

Obama: Worse Than Bush on Bullshit Gambling Moralizing, Too

Radley Balko | 4.15.2011 4:01 PM

Policy

More Signs That Online Poker Is Going Legit

Jacob Sullum | 3.28.2011 3:54 PM

Policy

Despite Christie's Veto, New Jersey Seems Likely to Legalize Online Gambling

Jacob Sullum | 3.9.2011 12:37 PM

Policy

Why Does Government Suppress Information?

The case for legalizing prediction markets

John Stossel | 2.24.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

Breaking: Harry Reid Couldn't Get Laid in a Monkey Whorehouse with a Fistful of Bananas!

Nick Gillespie | 2.24.2011 11:28 AM

War on Drugs

You Know, Maybe We Should Pay Baltimore County Police a Bit More . . .

Radley Balko | 2.17.2011 9:28 AM

Politics

Justice for Sal

After five years, the family of a Virginia optometrist killed by a SWAT team finally gets some closure.

Radley Balko | 1.17.2011 12:00 PM