From: "E. ALLEN SMITH" <EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 13:44:58 +0800
To: tcmay@got.net
Subject: Re: ecash lottery (Was: ecash casino)
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From:	IN%"tcmay@got.net" 29-NOV-1995 23:16:11.12

Personally, I have long had great _hopes_ for using crypto for
non-sanctioned gambling, but I'm pretty skeptical that many people will do
it. For one thing, anyone knowledgeable enough to be comfortable with the
crytography knows that gambling when a house cut exists is a lose. (And
gambling with no house cut is, at best, a wash.)
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	How about gambling on something other than random numbers? Idea Futures
are one instance, as is sports gambling for those interested in that sort of
thing.
	-Allen