Martin D. Owens, Jr. Attorney at Law

Specializing since 1998
in online and interactive gaming law

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  Protection for your online gaming business:
  • Strategic plans and preventive action for legal compliance
  • Corporate structure to protect your interest
  • Contracts to benefit and protect your business
  • Additional measures for safe and secure operation online
  Books:
  • "Internet Gaming Law". (co-author with Professor I. Nelson Rose) Mary Ann Liebert, 2005. (Second edition due 2008)
Publications:

  • "The Limits of Coercion and the Case for I-Gaming Self Regulation" Gaming Law Review, April 2008.
  • "The New Playing Field" and "U.S. Poker Perspective" update Internet Gambling Report 10th ed, 2007.
  • "The Incredible Shrinking Opposition: Rationales for the U.S. I-Gaming Jihad Grow Weaker Despite New Prohibition Laws." Gaming Law Review, June 2007.
  • "Placing Your Bets in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Online Gambling Touches the Virtual Role Playing Worlds" Gaming Law Review, June 2007.
  • "Poker: a U.S. Perspective" Internet Gambling Report 9th ed, 2006.
  • "If You Can't Beat Em, Will They Let You Join? American States and Internet Gambling Operators" Gaming Law Review, October 2006.
  • "Online Poker, Anyone?" Public Gaming International Magazine, May 2005.
  • "Which Way Will We Go? The Rise of Online Poker" Internet Gambling Report 8th ed, 2005.
  • "A Legal Leg to Stand On" Public Gaming International Magazine, November 2004.
  • "Betting Against a House Divided: Internet Gambling Pushes Forward in the Face of Contradictory State and Federal Laws." E-Commerce Law Journal, October 2001.
  • Also look for occasional articles in Internet Gaming News and World Online gaming Law Report, and similar trade magazines.

Seminars:

  • "Legalizing Internet Poker at the State Level: What's in the Cards?" World Online Gaming Law Retreat, Tylney Hall, Hampshire, UK, June 15, 2008.
  • "Taking a Chance on Skill: U.S. Laws and Skill Gaming" (Skill Gaming Conference, Malta, November 28, 2007.)
  • "The Curious State of U.S. Gambling Law" (European Internet Gaming Seminar, Barcelona, Spain, October 2, 2007.)
  • "Legal Points About Skill Gaming" (River City Group Skill Gaming Seminar, Vancouver, Canada, November 9, 2006)
  • "Betting Exchanges and U.S. Gaming Law" (ICGE, Dublin, Ireland, November 5, 2006)
  • "The Walls Are Melting: An American Legal Perspective on Developments in Mobile Interactive Gaming" (Mobile Gaming Conference, Montreal, Canada, September 14, 2006)
  • "Two Countries, Two Systems: The law of advertising online gaming in the UK and the USA." (Joint presentation with Peter Wilson of Tarlo Lyon Solicitors, London. GIGSE, Montreal, Canada, May 17, 2006)
  • "Comparison of P2P Law and Regulation, US/UK." (Joint presentation with Peter Wilson of Tarlo Lyon Solicitors, London. Global Gaming Expo (G2E), September 13, 2005)
  • "Legal Future of Online Gaming: an American Perspective." (Presentation at World Lottery Association, Gatineau, Canada, April 20-23, 2005.)
  • "Legal Issues Affecting P2P Online Gaming." (Seminar at Global Gaming Expo (G2E), Las Vegas, NV, October 5-7, 2004.)