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To: kidl who wrote (681)	8/19/2001 5:00:16 PM
From: Herc	Respond to of 827

I still own a few hundred Starnet shares or World Gaming as they call themselves now. I consider them, ELOT, and Cryptologic the three leaders in the industry. But only ELOT is a U.S. company which, I think, will give it competitive advantages when things start to happen.

To: kidl who wrote (681)	8/19/2001 5:28:51 PM
From: Herc	Respond to of 827

I remember one of the moderators in a debate on CNN last year on internet gaming quoting Thomas Jefferson to the effect that Jefferson thought a lottery was the best form of taxation because it's voluntary. After just finishing David McCullough's biography of John Adams I now know why Jefferson, a spendthrift throughout his life, liked lotteries. When he was close to death and in debt, the VA. legislature created a special state lottery to help Jefferson get out of debt. But it proved unsuccessful. I do not know if his love of lotteries preceded this propostion from the legislature. Nothing like a little self interest to motivate a person!