美国赌博法律及其浪尖弄潮者

　　游戏和赌博在美国已经产生了巨大的热潮。在过去的十年中，大多数国家都扩大了合法化的游戏，包括规范的赌博式游戏及奖券游戏。已开放的美国，其本地人开设的赌场也出现了热潮，线上赌博和博彩成倍增加。美国赌博法的出现，解释并剖析各个州和联邦的赌博法律，使其适于经济的繁荣。

　　“赌”和“赌博”这两个词一般都是指那些运行的与刑事法律相抵触的活动。“博彩”一词通常是指那些已适用专门的法律或地方的活动，是从刑事法律豁免并合法化的实例。因此，在美国，在以营利为目的的网站中，在线玩的赌博式游戏，被称为博彩。因为任何一个国家，都尚未敲定任何法律，并且未明确授权给以营利为目的网站的运营商提供进行任何赌场游戏的权利。

　　“赌博”和“博彩”这两个词并不互相排斥。也就是说，一个游戏活动可能违反适用的法律规范，特别是赌博游戏。同样，一个赌博活动可能会变成单纯的游戏，如果它是从刑事法规中给定一个豁免实例。例如，在一个纯粹的社会环境里为了钱而玩纸牌，除了仅仅是作为一个单纯的玩家并没有人可以赚取任何东西。如果这样的社会游戏被排除，那么在所有的国家中也将被排除在反赌博刑事法律之外。

　　汉弗莱查法于1968年开始学习法律。当他作为柯克兰＆埃利斯国家公司的合伙人的时候，在1986年，他成为Addoms和汉弗莱的两个创始伙伴，共创一个企业发展公司，这是协助结构和融资的新企业之一。

　　1999年，他成为了企业的投资主体和扑克的锦标赛冠军及飞马队的一员，此外，还成为专业锦标赛扑克玩家协会的创始人之一。

　　他说，目前正活跃在他所居住的地方科罗拉多州，并且他在科罗拉多州，密歇根州和得克萨斯州均获得了执业照。在华盛顿特区，他的律师生涯最开始是作为证券及交易委员会的专职律师。

　　汉弗莱查法持有密歇根大学的工商管理硕士和法学博士学位。他是一个AV级的律师，是一个被授予荣誉马丁代尔--哈贝尔奖的律师。

译文：

　　Gaming and gambling in the United States have undergone a great boom. During the past decade most states have expanded legalized gaming, including regulated casino-style games and lotteries. There has been an explosion in opening Native American casinos. Gambling and betting online has increased exponentially. Gambling-Law-US.com presents, explains and analyzes the patchwork of state and federal and state gambling laws that apply to the boom.

　　The words "gamble" and "gambling" are generally used to discuss an activity that may run afoul of applicable criminal laws. The word "gaming" is usually reserved for those instances where the activity has been specifically legalized by applicable laws or where the activity is exempted from the criminal laws. Thus, playing a casino-style game at a for-profit website online in the United States is referred to as gambling, since no state has yet finalized any law specifically authorizing a for-profit website operator to offer any casino games.

　　The two words are not mutually exclusive. That is, a gaming activity could turn out to be gambling where applicable laws regulating that particular gaming are violated. Similarly, a gambling activity may turn out to be gaming if it is exempted from a given criminal statute. For example, playing a card game for money in a purely social setting where no one earns anything from the game other than as a mere player would be gaming if such social games were excluded from the reach of the criminal anti-gambling laws in the state where the game takes place.

　　Chuck Humphrey began practicing law in 1968. He was a partner in the national firm of Kirkland & Ellis when, in 1986, he became one of the two founding partners of Addoms & Humphrey, a Business Development Company, that assisted in structuring and financing new ventures.

　　In 1999 he became the principal investor in and one of the founders of the Tournament of Champions of Poker and the manager of Team Pegasus, an association of professional tournament poker players.

　　He is admitted to practice law in Colorado, Michigan and Texas, currently being active in Colorado, where he lives. He was a staff attorney for the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. early in his legal career.  Chuck holds BBA, MBA and J.D （cum laude） degrees, all from the University of Michigan.  He is an AV-rated attorney, a peer-awarded honor given by Martindale-Hubbell.