Re: 7-29_b8_EXTRA_Internet.html

[amp@pobox.com]

Personally, I found the article about web gaming to be rather funny.

I wonder about the quality of the 'prng' used by these casinos.

There are, indeed, suckers born every minute.

> >    "Bringing gaming directly into people's homes, as we are beginning to
> >    see through the Internet, is so full of potential problems and so far
> >    beyond the ability of any state to regulate that despite whatever
> >    business potential it may have it needs to be prohibited on a national
> >    level," Bryan said.
> 
> Translation: We can't figure out how to tax these pricks so we'll just 
> ban it because it represents a perceived threat to our own rigged and 
> heavily taxed government sponsored tax collection casino cells.
> 
> >    Kyl's bill, backed by the National Association of Attorneys General,
> >    would punish those who set up Internet gaming Web sites with a fine of
> >    up to $10,000, two years in prison or both. Those who made an online
> >    wager would face one year in prison and a $5,000 fine.
> 
> Backed by NAAG! Well if that isn't a ringing endorsement I don't know 
> what is.
> 
> The article quoted starts off with how concerned the gubmint is about the 
> possibility of consumer fraud wrt on-line casinos and shows how they 
> propose to protect the consumer: 12 months in prison AND a $5000 fine. 
> Consumer fraudsters should take note, they have a competitor in the ring!
> 


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Name: amp
E-mail: amp@pobox.com
Date: 07/30/97
Time: 10:03:18
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