The COVID-19 virus pandemic has been the most disruptive event to impact the gaming industry in Nevada in the past 100 years. Not since Nevada outlawed gaming in 1909 has the state’s gaming industry faced compelled closure. In...
Read MoreNational Council of Legislators from Gaming States (NCLGS) – Summer MeetingFriday – Sunday, June 9 – 11, 2017The Westin Denver Downtown in Denver, COBob Stocker (Member & Gaming Practice Leader, Lansing)...
Read MoreBy Dennis J. Whittlesey Two separate three-judge panels of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit have rendered labor law decisions concerning Indian casinos in Michigan only 22 days apart. While each of the...
Read MoreBy Dennis J. Whittlesey While he is in the process of negotiating a new gaming compact with the Seminole Tribe, Florida Governor Rick Scott has jumped into the contentious debate on whether Internet gaming should be...
Read MoreBy Nadya Hambach, LL.M. (Velchev & Co.) Bulgaria has a new gambling taxation regime effective January 1, 2014, which, together with the reasonable and balanced regulations currently in place, makes the country attractive for...
Read MoreThe International Masters of Gaming Law is hosting a Masterclass at the ICE trade show and conference on Wednesday, February 5, 2014, from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the ExCel London exhibition and convention centre in South...
Read MoreBy Glenn M. Feldman On December 11, 2013, Governor Jan Brewer named Daniel Bergin as the new Director of the Arizona Department of Gaming. Bergin had been serving as Acting Director of the Department since September, when former...
Read MoreBy Nadya Hambach and Parvan Rusinov (Velchev & Co.) Last month, a Bill amending and liberalizing the Gambling Act (“Bill”) successfully passed second reading in the Budget and Finance Commission in the Bulgarian Parliament,...
Read MoreBy Ryan M. Shannon The Michigan Gaming Control Board (“MGCB”) released the revenue and wagering tax data for November 2013 for the three Detroit, Michigan commercial casinos. The three Detroit commercial casinos posted a...
Read MoreBy Ryan M. Shannon The Michigan Gaming Control Board (“MGCB”) released the revenue and wagering tax data for October 2013 for the three Detroit, Michigan, commercial casinos. The three Detroit commercial casinos posted a...
Read MoreBy Ryan M. Shannon The Michigan Gaming Control Board (“MGCB”) released the revenue and wagering tax data for September 2013 for the three Detroit, Michigan commercial casinos. The three Detroit commercial casinos posted a...
Read MoreBy Patrick Sullivan The tribal payday lending business finds itself facing a flurry of class action lawsuits and state crackdowns painting the lenders as loan sharks preying upon vulnerable consumers with usurious rates and...
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