[49394] in Cypherpunks
Re: Assassination Politics--isn't it gambling?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (banelaw@med.com)
Tue Feb 6 21:09:48 1996
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 96 18:00:54 PST
To: cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com>
From: banelaw@med.com
Jim: as to "Assassination Politics." Isn't the structure you describe
gambling? Placing money on a prediction, with the correct predictor
winning? And if so, isn't it illegal if done over the wires, i.e., federal
commerce? I'm not looking for a way to declare your scheme illegal, I'm
just pointing out that there are other angles, especially if done over the
wires. I guess you could move the structure off shore--pity the poor country
hosting such an entity! If you were at all succesfull, the server accepting
digital cash would be moving from place to place--remember pirate radio?
Philip
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