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Subject: Nevada Law Would Permit Internet Gambling Sites (was
Re:NewsScan Daily, 18 April 2001 ("Above The Fold"))
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 13:06:01 -0400
From: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com>
To: Digital Bearer Settlement List <dbs@philodox.com>
References: <200104181656.MAA22074@marcella.ecarm.org>
At 9:48 AM -0700 on 4/18/01, NewsScan wrote:
> NEVADA LAW WOULD PERMIT INTERNET GAMBLING SITES
> A bill moving easily through the Nevada legislature would set the
> stage for that state to allow Internet gambling, but one question yet
> to be answered is how Nevada casinos will discharge the burden of
> making sure that bettors are not violating anti-gambling laws that
> apply where they live. Whittier Law School professor I. Nelson Rose
> frames the problem this way: "Could a casino take a bet from New
> South Wales or Tasmania? It would take an enormous amount of research
> by casinos before they feel comfortable with this. If they violate
> the laws of the country where the bettor lives, they could lose their
> license to operate in Nevada." (Los Angeles Times 18 Apr 2001)
> http://www.latimes.com/business/cutting/20010418/t000032827.html
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