From: banelaw@med.com
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 01:37:32 +0800
To: cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: Re: Assassination Politics--isn't it gambling?
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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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