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Full-Text Articles in Gaming Law
The Five Internet Rights, Nicholas J. Nugent
The Five Internet Rights, Nicholas J. Nugent
Washington Law Review
Since the dawn of the commercial internet, content moderation has operated under an implicit social contract that website operators could accept or reject users and content as they saw fit, but users in turn could self-publish their views on their own websites if no one else would have them. However, as online service providers and activists have become ever more innovative and aggressive in their efforts to deplatform controversial speakers, content moderation has progressively moved down into the core infrastructure of the internet, targeting critical resources, such as networks, domain names, and IP addresses, on which all websites depend. These …
Open World Regulation: The Urgent Need For Federal Legislation On Video Game Loot Boxes, Alex Reyes
Open World Regulation: The Urgent Need For Federal Legislation On Video Game Loot Boxes, Alex Reyes
Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts
Loot boxes are items in video games that contain randomized prizes that players can purchase with real-world money. In recent years, loot boxes have come under scrutiny because the relationship between behavior and the underlying mechanics of loot boxes are similar to that of addictive behaviors associated with real-world gambling. Many papers suggest solutions focused on industry changes without direct regulation. However, these papers neglect the enormous profit incentive to maintain a business practice which can have detrimental behavioral effects on children. The United States federal government must take example from a growing number of European countries and ban the …
Through The Wire Act, John T. Holden
Through The Wire Act, John T. Holden
Washington Law Review
Legalized sports gambling has become one of the hottest topics in state legislatures ever since the United States Supreme Court’s 2018 decision in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass’n1 allowed states to begin legalizing the activity. As states began to offer sports wagering, gambling became front and center in the news and the Trump administration’s Justice Department took the opportunity to rewrite a 2011 Office of Legal Counsel opinion, expanding the scope of the most prominent federal anti-gambling statute. The re-interpretation of the scope of the Wire Act reversed the Department of Justice’s position that the statute only applied to …
A Global Analysis Into Loot Boxes: Is It "Virtually" Gambling?, Kevin Liu
A Global Analysis Into Loot Boxes: Is It "Virtually" Gambling?, Kevin Liu
Washington International Law Journal
The video game industry has expanded rapidly in recent years by implementing a microtransaction business model and expanding to a new market of mobile gaming. However, the introduction of loot boxes has been controversial; similar to gambling, gamers pay real money for a randomized microtransaction for a chance to win a random virtual prize of perceived value. Additionally, the items won from these loot boxes, such as cosmetic skins, can potentially be used to bet on other games of chance or even on the outcomes of competitive esports games. With the ease of online payments, the use of manipulative operant …
Don't Bet On It: How Complying With Federal Internet Gambling Law Is Not Enough, Jennifer W. Chiang
Don't Bet On It: How Complying With Federal Internet Gambling Law Is Not Enough, Jennifer W. Chiang
Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts
It is disputed whether the United States has a blanket federal prohibition on Internet gambling. As a result of the lack of cohesive federal oversight, states have passed their own Internet gambling laws which, depending on the state’s approach, may regulate making bets online, taking bets online and transferring money between bettor and casino. Some even extend to regulating speech and Internet casino advertisements. For example, card rooms and Indian casinos are prevalent in Washington State, but the state legislature recently made placing a bet over the Internet a Class C felony. This Article will analyze the current framework for …