Texas Casino Business Ventures

 Texas Political Websites:

Keep Texas Running A website promoting the horse and greyhound racing industry in Texas. This site has some great features that allow you to put in your information, and it will give you a direct contact link to the legislators in your district and their email addresses. It also has some excellent articles about the effects of video lottery terminals and slot machines to race tracks.

Legalize Poker In Texas.com  A site designed to allow people to send a direct email to multiple legislators simultaneously with no effort.  They even have a form email in support of the poker bill.

Legalize Hold'em  A North Carolina website dedicated to the legalization of poker. Apparently it is a Class 2 misdemeanor in North Carolina to play poker in your own home with no money involved!

Let The Voters Decide.com  A nonprofit website that supports bringing a limited number of casino-style resorts to Texas for economic prosperity.

Libertarian Party of Texas The only political party with the guts to endorse all legalized gambling amongst consenting adults.

Poker Player's Alliance This organization is dedicated to keeping poker legal by distinguishing it from other forms of gambling.

Texas Poker Political Action Committee Texas Poker PAC is a team of political professionals, lawyers, and media experts who work to promote poker to the legislators.

Win For Texas  A website promoting passage of a bill to allow slot machines at race tracks.

Political Associations:

American Gaming Association Their site has lots of information on the national gaming industry.

Texas Card Players Association The Texas Card Players Association seeks to promote and encourage the expansion of all forms of poker, a game of skill, in Texas.

Texas Horsemen's Partnership  An organization that promotes the interests of the Texas horse racing industry.

Texas Thoroughbred Association  An association for Texas horse breeders.

Foreign Government/Regulatory:

Directorate of Offshore Gaming The regulatory body for the Offshore Gaming Industry of Antigua and Barbuda.

Antigua Online Gaming Association

The World Trade Organization homepage.

Business/Trade Associations:

Interactive Gaming Council  A non-profit trade association that serves as a collective voice for the interactive gaming industry.

Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association  A trade association that has filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.

International Masters of Gaming Law.  The International Masters of Gaming Law (IMGL) is a non-profit association of attorneys, gaming regulators and gaming executives dedicated to the education, advancement of the gaming law profession and exchange of professional information concerning the local and global practice and development of all aspects of gaming law.

Indian Gaming:

Indian Gaming.com  The National Information site of the American Indian Gaming Industry.

National Indian Gaming Association  A non-profit organization of 184 Indian Nations representing organizations, tribes and business engaged in tribal gaming.

Indian Casino Directory  A nationwide directory of Indian Casinos put out by N.I.G.A.

Indianz.com A website that provides news regarding Native American issues, including gaming laws.

Gambling Law/Research Sites:

Center For Gaming Research The UNLV center for gaming research has numerous studies, research publications and articles on gambling and it's social and economic impacts.

Gambling and The Law  The website of Professor I. Nelson Rose, a leading authority on gambling law. He is an internationally known scholar, with more than 500 published works, and public speaker.  A 1979 graduate of Harvard Law School, he is a tenured full Professor at Whittier Law School in Costa Mesa, California, where he teaches one of the first law school classes on gaming law.  His site has a 2003 update on the state of gambling in the U.S. He also sells several of his publications through the site.

Gambling Defense Attorney Busted? Need a lawyer who defends gambling offenses?  Attorney Jerry Melton of Addison, Texas lists this as one of his practice areas.

Texas Casino Business Ventures:

Imagine Ventures Ltd.com  An organization seeking to legalize limited casino gambling in Texas and build a Casino at Waller Creek.

Coastal Marine, Ltd.  A Houston-based casino boat dealer.