Prosecutors are hiring private attorneys to pursue asset forfeiture charges against establishments that offer coin-operated gaming.
Senator proposes telling publishers what virtual products they can and cannot sell to children.
Bringing sports betting out of the black market is a win for fans and sports leagues, and it's another indication of how prohibitionist policies fail.
It would have been better to let the sport fail on its own.
Respect federalism and leave the states alone.
Rahm Emanuel wants pot legalization and a casino so the city can grab more taxes for its pension debts.
The Mega Millions jackpot has reached an astounding $1.6 billion. You and I probably won't win, but the government definitely will.
Like powdered chocolate, laser pointers, and video games, legal sports betting has caught the attention of the Senate's most notorious nanny.
Unless lawmakers fix their mistake, hundreds of people could be out of a job.
Leagues are lobbying states to institute an "integrity fee" that would entitle them to 1 percent of all the money bet at sportsbooks.
At 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, the state's three casinos will begin accepting single-game bets.
Judging the outcome of this week's SCOTUS opinion allowing states to legalize sports gambling.
Commentators are right to suggest that Murphy v. NCAA will help sanctuary cities, but wrong to claim it is like to undermine federal laws restricting state taxes.
Congress can't "commandeer" state legislators, but it can achieve the same result with "preemption."
U.S. politicians prevented the development of a legal market for sports betting, driving eager gamblers to underground bookies.
Monday's Supreme Court ruling didn't legalize sports betting, but lots of states are eager to cash-in. Will they make a smart bet?
The Supreme Court's invalidation of a federal law preventing state legalization of sports gambling strengthens protection for state autonomy from the federal government.
Neither supporters nor opponents want to consider personal liberty.
The black market will continue to thrive if taxes and regulations are too burdensome, a new CEI report warns.
How to think about gay wedding cakes, Fourth Amendment rights, and whether the federal government can ban sports betting. Plus: How will Neil Gorsuch vote?
New Jersey's governor says states have a right to legalize sports betting but not marijuana.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in Christie v. National Collegiate Athletic Association this fall.
A new CEI paper argues that states should be free to decriminalize March Madness wagers.
Bill would subvert legal interpretation of Wire Act.
At close yesterday the odds were 12-1 against leaving. Whoops.
It's not just about 'protecting consumers.'
Some people want gambling legal, but only at their own casinos.
DraftKings, FanDuel hoping for legislation to give them permission to exist.
Forty million Americans will bet on the college basketball tourney even though it's not really legal.
Virginia is the first state to put fantasy sports legislation before a governor.
Says death of fantasy sports industry greatly exaggerated.
The debate surrounding daily fantasy sports isn't about skill or chance, but evidence that our psuedo-ban on sports gambling is hypocritical and ineffective.
Small changes to Utah civil forfeiture law could mean big payouts for police.
A scandal sparks a new effort to regulate daily fantasy sports.
Police spokesman wonders why "we got called out to be the bad guys."
Governments want to ban FanDuel and DraftKings, yet the lotteries they operate are among the worst ripoffs in gambling.
'We have people out of work. We have ISIS and al Qaeda attacking us. And we're talking about fantasy football?'
Regulators want their own piece of the action at FanDuel and DraftKings. But if they win, consumers will be the biggest losers.
Requires Draft Kings, FanDuel to get gaming licenses to operate in state
Just pray these guys never take over the state's whorehouses.
Accused of misrepresenting fairness of competition
Is the problem a lack of transparency, lack of tax revenue, or sore losers?
A blockchain-based prediction market that won't be controlled or managed by anyone.
Who knows what sort of slippery slope could result?
