This is a guest contribution by Martin Owens is an attorney specializing in gaming law. Owens is the co-writer, along with Prof. I Nelson, of the seminal book Gambling and the Law. If you would like to submit a contribution please contact Bill Beatty for submission details. Thank you.

“Oh judge! Your damn laws! The good people don’t need them, and the bad people don’t obey them.”

                                                                                                                       ― Ammon Hennacy