Re: TECH/IDEA FUTURES: Nevada Law Would Permit Internet Gambling ...

From: Brian Atkins (brian@posthuman.com)
Date: Wed Apr 18 2001 - 15:16:24 MDT


Well you can't live in Sealand. So if you were a US citizen running such
a thing the Feds might bust you. That's the big problem with the Sealand
thing.. doesn't work well unless you can completely hide the facts about
who runs the service.

http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2452956,00.html

Brent Allsop wrote:
>
> Robin Hanson <rhanson@gmu.edu> posted:
>
> > Even if they legalized using the internet for what you can gamble in
> > person on in Nevada, that would not legalize idea futures. That is
> > because you cannot bet on science/etc. questions in Nevada. You can
> > only bet on sporting events.
>
> What about setting up a real money idea futures some place
> like sealand? Would there be problems with this?
>
> Brent Allsop

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Brian Atkins
Director, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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