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Non-Tech : eLottery.com (ELOT) / (NASDAQ NM:XTON) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gabe Heti who wrote (1099)	4/7/2000 6:14:00 AM
From: Herc	Respond to of 1266

The internet has revolutionized contacting your U.S. Representative via e-mail. Of the seven U.S. Representatives from LA., two take e-mail from out of their district. So I emailed them. The rest require a zip+4, I'm sure to filter out e-mails from outside their district. My office and home are in two different Congressional districts. So I e-mailed them. I only had to snail mail the remaining three representatives. One can't fight progress! Hopefully this includes internet gaming. I wonder how much the brick and mortar casinos are fighting this. I understand Hilton and even Microsoft have taken stakes in Australian casinos. This is going to be interesting. Thanks for the up to the minute news.

To: Gabe Heti who wrote (1099)	4/7/2000 8:01:00 AM
From: Herc	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1266

This is the part of the Goodlatte bill that excludes a ban on internet lotteries? This was written out by the Pease amendment? Am I correct? Typical legalese mumbo-jumbo. There were articles in the WSJ of a backlash against the government over the Microsoft prosecution. Also a poll showed a majority thinks the government should keep its mitts off the economy. This was mentioned on CNBC this AM. Maybe the Microsoft case will help us. <<APPLICABILITY- `(1) IN GENERAL- Subject to paragraph (2), the prohibition in this section does not apply to-- `(A) any otherwise lawful bet or wager that is placed, received, or otherwise made wholly intrastate for a State lottery, or for a multi-State lottery operated jointly between 2 or more States in conjunction with State lotteries if-- `(i) each such lottery is expressly authorized, and licensed or regulated, under applicable State law; `(ii) the bet or wager is placed on an interactive computer service that uses a private network or a closed-loop subscriber based service regulated and operated by the State lottery or its expressly designated agent for such activity; `(iii) each person placing or otherwise making that bet or wager-- `(I) is physically located when such bet or wager is placed at a facility that is open to the general public; or `(II) recieves from the State lottery a user name and password specific to the individual player for use in betting and wagering in the State lottery or multi-State lottery; and `(iv) each such lottery complies with sections 1301 through 1304, and other applicable provisions of Federal law; `(B) any otherwise lawful>>