At 3:20 AM -0800 10/29/1997, Bill Stewart wrote:

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SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE APPROVED BILL (S-474) BY SEN. KYL (R-ARIZ.) TO PROHIBIT GAMBLING OVER INTERNET.<> - Senate Judiciary Committee approved bill by Sen. Kyl to prohibit gambling over Internet. As proposed by Kyl to panel, bill would have allowed states to allow Internet gambling, but provision was dropped when Sens. Biden and Sessions objected. [TELEVISION DIGEST, 66 words]

Prediction: this bill will be about as effective as outlawing spring. About 20% of gamblers are 'problem' types who now regularly game illegally and could careless about the penalties. Once all on-line casinos offer real and 'play-money' wagering and strong crypto it will be neigh impossible for the Feds to know or prove which players are wagering real money and therefore gambling. Once Onion and Crowds routers are operational and widespread the Feds won't even be able to find the casinos, and even if they do they may not be able to shut them down (especially if they are built in a distributed fasion). --Steve PGP mail preferred, see http://www.pgp.com and http://web.mit.edu/network/pgp.html RSA Fingerprint: FE 90 1A 95 9D EA 8D 61 81 2E CC A9 A4 4A FB A9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Schear | tel: (702) 658-2654 CEO | fax: (702) 658-2673 First ECache Corporation | 7075 West Gowan Road | Suite 2148 | Las Vegas, NV 89129 | Internet: azur@netcom.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------