prohibition – David G. Schwartz

Prohibition not the right answer for online gaming in Las Vegas Review-Journal

This morning, the Las Vegas Review-Journal published an op-ed piece I wrote about the ultimate futility of online gaming prohibition: The nation faces a dangerously seductive form of gambling, as cross-border, high tech telecommunications networks threaten to siphon money out of homes across the country. The problem is getting worse, and the states, with the

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The French Prohibition

fromthebook • Roll the Bones, a gambling history • June 3, 2013 • prohibition

The French Chamber of Deputies passed an edict on June 1, 1836 that would ban gambling in France, effective December 31, 1837.

You can read the story of how gambling returned to France 80 years later, and much more, in Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling.

Go here to read an excerpt from the book, or learn where to buy your copy.

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Book Review: Last Call

book reviews • Dave • July 9, 2010 • book reviews, daniel okrent, last call, prohibition

Daniel Okrent. Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition. New York: Scriber, 2010. 480 pages. Prohibition is one of the great riddles of American history. Looking at it from the distance of three generations, it seems inexplicable that Americans voted to outlaw intoxicating beverages, and it seems clear that the drys were on the

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Talking online gambling on KNPR

news about gambling • Dave • June 4, 2009 • news about gambling, online gambling, prohibition

This morning I joined KNPR’s State of Nevada host Dave Berns and poker legend Howard Lederer in studio to talk about the Frank bill and the proposed legalization of online betting in the US: Americans are expected to lose $22 billion next year via Internet betting, although the practice is technically illegal in this country.

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