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Reasontv

An Economist Walks Into a Brothel: What Prostitutes and Big-Wave Surfers Can Teach Us About Risk

Allison Schrager wants to change the way you take chances.

Nick Gillespie and Alexis Garcia | 4.3.2019 11:35 AM

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Reasontv

Poker Champion Annie Duke on Making Smart Bets in Life, Politics, and Football

"Life is like poker," says Duke: Good choices and good outcomes don't always correlate.

Nick Gillespie and Austin Bragg | 2.20.2018 2:20 PM

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Politics

Annie Duke: 'What Life Lessons Can Poker Teach Us? All of Them.'

Poker champ talks game theory, gambling, and Donald Trump.

Alexis Garcia and Nick Gillespie | 5.20.2016 2:25 PM

Policy

Pot, Poker, and Prohibitionism

Do Republicans want to be the party of unprincipled killjoys?

Jacob Sullum | 4.16.2014 7:00 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

Policy

The Tortured Textualism and Faux Federalism of the Chaffetz-Graham-Adelson Online Gambling Ban

Jacob Sullum | 4.1.2014 5:47 PM

Policy

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

Jacob Sullum | 2.5.2014 3:58 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

Imagine How Much Preet Bharara Could Accomplish If He Had Even Fewer Resources

Jacob Sullum | 12.3.2013 7:31 PM

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Politics

How Poker Became a Crime

The capricious federal crackdown on the Internet version of an all-American game

Jacob Sullum | 11.22.2013 11:00 AM

Policy

Federal Appeals Court Says Poker Is a Crime After All

Jacob Sullum | 8.6.2013 5:31 PM

Policy

Cops Raid Free Poker Tournament, Because in Florida Gambling Does Not Require Betting

For years the Nutz Poker League, along with several competitors, has been running free tournaments at bars and restaurants in the Tampa Bay area.

Jacob Sullum | 10.29.2012 12:07 PM

Civil Liberties

Online Poker Pay Processor Pleads Guilty

Deceived banks into handling gambling transactions that were illegal under U.S. laws

Reason Staff | 9.19.2012 4:40 PM

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

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

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

Politics

How Government Corrupts Gambling

Jacob Sullum | 2.17.2012 1:30 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

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

Jacob Sullum | 9.21.2011 12:33 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

Policy

New Bipartisan Bill Would Legalize Online Poker

Jacob Sullum | 6.27.2011 2:33 PM

Policy

Online Poker's Real Victim Is the Government

Radley Balko | 4.22.2011 11:07 AM

Policy

Disinterested Headline of the Day

Matt Welch | 4.19.2011 10:54 AM

Policy

Reason.tv: Why It's Time to Legalize Poker - David "Doc" Sands on Gambling, Pot, and Freedom

Reason Staff | 9.28.2010 3:00 PM

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