Do you or does someone close to you ever - -
Buy a lottery ticket?
Go to the horse or dog races?
Play cards for money with friends?
Play charity bingo at church or the VFW hall, etc.?
Visit and play at a casino?
Play online poker?
Buy a bracket in the NCAA Tournament?
Trade commodities futures?
Buy or sell insurance?
Compete in a rodeo?
This list is not exhaustive, but it helps illustrate the breadth cast by the complex and tangled web of federal and state laws regulating gambling in this country. Many areas of law and regulation receive frequent and vigorous discussion on Daily Kos. This one, not so much. Hopefully the new group, founded today,
DK Gambling Law Forum, can provide focus for any interest in the subject that emerges in the community.
Changes are coming in this area of law and American culture. The inaugural diary for the group discusses one of these changes. Hopefully other diarists will follow developments in the field and share their observations as well.