THE U.S. SUPREME COURT’S FIRST GAMBLING CASE
In 1803, the U.S. Supreme Court heard its first gambling case. Styled United States v. Simms, it required the Court to decide whether the defendant could be held criminally liable for operating a faro bank in Alexandria, Virginia. Today, for a variety of reasons, the Court’s ruling and the events surrounding it wallow in obscurity.
Authors
- Robert M. Jarvis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6240-3196)
Institutions
- National Archives (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Gaming Law Review
- Published
- 2025-09-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/25725300251375960
- Primary Topic
- Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00