Maurice "Mac" VerStandig is the managing partner of the VerStandig Law Firm, LLC, and focuses his practice on representing poker players, advantage gamblers, and other industry professionals in all manner of legal situations. He can be reached at 301-444-4600 or mac@mbvesq.com.
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Furnishing a tidy lesson in the doctrine of unintended consequences, Bobby Kennedy’s efforts to fend off organized crime, and Sheldon Adelson’s efforts to fend off online gaming, have invited a perfectly absurd scenario whereby next week a federal appellate court will entertain oral arguments on whether or not the Powerball is felonious.