Gambling

Policy

Augur May Become the Greatest Gambling Platform in History. Is There Anything the Government Can Do to Stop It?

A blockchain-based prediction market that won't be controlled or managed by anyone.

Jim Epstein | 8.11.2015 12:36 PM

Gambling

Seniors Gambling for Toilet Paper? Thank Heavens the Government Is Here to Stop It!

Who knows what sort of slippery slope could result?

Scott Shackford | 7.20.2015 4:00 PM

Gambling

Save the Claw Machine in Florida!

An anti-gambling overreach threatens kiddie games.

Scott Shackford | 4.9.2015 3:25 PM

Politics

Could Sports Gambling Beat Marijuana to National Legalization?

Experts expect it will be legal within five years.

Jim Pagels | 3.2.2015 4:28 PM

Politics

Analytics Expert Dispels Major Myths of Legalized Sports Gambling

Those who oppose legalization often bring up groundless fears like widespread addiction and fixed matches. Don't believe them.

Jim Pagels | 2.26.2015 5:34 PM

Gambling

SWAT Team Raids Poker Game in Virginia, Because It Could've Gotten Robbed

Games of chance where the house

Ed Krayewski | 1.28.2015 9:19 AM

Politics

Just What Patriots' Deflategate Scandal Needed: U.S. Congressmen

Government is once again threatening to use tax dollars to meddle in the affairs of private sports leagues.

Jim Pagels | 1.26.2015 3:20 PM

Policy

Court Briefing Blasts Sports Leagues' Hypocritical Stance Against Legalized Gambling

Jim Pagels | 1.16.2015 5:38 PM

Nanny State

Stop Thinking of Betting as a Vice

Bans on betting create crime and deprive Americans of useful information.

John Stossel | 12.3.2014 3:30 PM

Lottery

Brickbat: O Lucky Man

Charles Oliver | 11.4.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

FBI Knocks Out Hotel-Casino Internet, Agents 'Fix' It Without Warrant

Zenon Evans | 10.30.2014 3:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Oakland City Officials Can Now Require Landlords to Evict Sex Workers

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.24.2014 12:15 PM

Republican Party

4 Ways Republicans Are Full of Shit

Jason Keisling and J.D. Tuccille | 10.16.2014 2:30 PM

Economics

The Eight-Hour-Every-Two-Years Trailer Casino: The Gloriously Weird Loopholes of Licensing Laws

Brian Doherty | 9.3.2014 11:23 PM

Policy

Michael Gerson Explains Why Libertarians Should Want to Ban Everything

Jacob Sullum | 7.16.2014 3:55 PM

Politics

Pot, Poker, and Prohibitionism

Do Republicans want to be the party of unprincipled killjoys?

Jacob Sullum | 7.1.2014 12:00 PM

Culture

Oakland Gets Ready to Legalize Pinball

But it's not the last city with a ban on the books.

Jesse Walker | 6.20.2014 2:25 PM

Culture

A Short History of Game Panics

From pinball to porn to online poker

Jesse Walker | 5.7.2014 10:00 AM

Policy

Objecting to a National Online Gambling Ban, State Legislators Remind Rick Perry About That 10th Amendment Thingie

Jacob Sullum | 4.4.2014 2:15 PM

Nanny State

Gambling and Government: Uncle Sam Takes All

It seems that government dislikes gambling unless government gets to be the house.

John Stossel | 4.2.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Casino Magnate Finds Legislators to Support His War on Online Gambling

Death to the competition! For the children, of course.

Scott Shackford | 3.20.2014 4:59 PM

Civil Liberties

Tin Cup

Charles Oliver | 3.11.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: Tin Cup

Charles Oliver | 3.11.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

Is It a Federal Crime to Host a Poker Game? SCOTUS May Soon Decide

Damon Root | 2.18.2014 11:10 AM

Policy

Washington's Gambling Commission Shuts Down Card Games at Senior Center, Citing Local Ban

Jacob Sullum | 2.5.2014 3:58 PM

Policy

When a Citizens' Dividend Sets Off Citizenship Disputes

Another living example of a basic-income policy.

Jesse Walker | 2.3.2014 2:48 PM

Politics

Let Gamblers Gamble

Why is it only okay when the government runs the racket?

A. Barton Hinkle | 1.13.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

Casino Lobbyists Prepare for Online Gaming Fight

Divided industry, but representative group is fighting in favor of legalization

Reason Staff | 1.6.2014 2:00 PM

Politics

65 Percent of Americans Say Online Poker Should Be Allowed

Emily Ekins | 12.18.2013 2:15 PM

Politics

65 Percent of Americans Say Online Poker Should Be Allowed

Emily Ekins | 12.18.2013 2:05 PM

Policy

Supreme Court Hears Case About Lawsuits Against Indian Tribes

Could affect commercial and gaming activities within sovereign territories

Reason Staff | 12.2.2013 2:10 PM

Policy

Video Poker 'Hackers' Cleared of Federal Charges

Took advantage of a software bug

Reason Staff | 11.25.2013 7:00 PM

Policy

Casino Magnate Openly Wants to Use Feds to Destroy Internet Competition

Sheldon Adelson wants all the money for himself -- for the sake of the children, of course

Scott Shackford | 11.18.2013 4:50 PM

Politics

New Yorkers Approve Gambling Expansion

As many as seven new casinos authorized

Reason Staff | 11.6.2013 3:30 PM

Politics

Pot, Minimum Wage, Secession Among Measures in Recent Elections

There are still only 50 states

Reason Staff | 11.6.2013 11:00 AM

Nanny State

Crying Wolf Again on Gambling

The prohibitionists are at it again.

Steve Chapman | 10.14.2013 7:00 AM

Policy

US Navy Admiral Suspended Amid Casino Investigation

Scam involving counterfeit chips

Reason Staff | 9.29.2013 11:50 AM

War on Drugs

Checkmate

Charles Oliver | 9.26.2013 6:00 AM

Culture

Brickbat: Checkmate

Charles Oliver | 9.26.2013 6:00 AM

Policy

Feds Nix NJ's Efforts to Legalize Sports Betting

Federal law interferes

Reason Staff | 9.17.2013 6:10 PM

Politics

Sure of Conservative Win, Australian Bookies Pay Off Bets Ahead of Election

Big lead in the polls

Reason Staff | 8.30.2013 7:00 PM

Policy

Federal Appeals Court Says Poker Is a Crime After All

Jacob Sullum | 8.6.2013 5:31 PM

Culture

Woman Awarded $775,000 for Tripping, Falling at Casino

A different sort of jackpot

Reason Staff | 7.26.2013 7:10 PM

Policy

Gambling is Very Illegal, and Very Popular, In Utah

Black markets? You don't say.

Reason Staff | 7.8.2013 4:10 PM

Policy

Portuguese Authorities Fine British and Irish Expats for Playing Bingo for Snacks

Matthew Feeney | 6.26.2013 3:00 PM

Culture

Researchers Developing Anti-Gambling Pill

Natural vitamin showing potential

Reason Staff | 6.25.2013 1:32 PM

Culture

Casinos Begin Banning Google Glass

No porn, no gambling ... what next?

Reason Staff | 6.5.2013 5:20 PM