nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous) writes:
Youngsters on the list might not remember how private individuals involved in gambling used to be denigrated by the government as "the scum of the earth"--as "criminals" and "mobsters" and "evil." Now that the government has hijacked the gambling industry, only those not paying the government their share of the "vigorish" are scum-sucking criminals.
Of course the reason the "illegal" numbers rackets are so popular still is that they offer much better odds of winning than the state lottery. Unable to compete in the marketplace, the gubmint outlaws the competition. Same way the gubmint wants to outlaw better crypto than what the NSA has to offer. ObPICSshit: I heard on the radio of a decision yesteday by (I think) NYS Supremes: NYS is NOT violating its constitution's free speech blurb by banning beer with politically incorrect _labels. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps