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To: Ed Pettee who wrote (5522)	12/14/1997 9:00:00 AM
From: Ed Pettee	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10368

I think this really will come down to what degree of luck or chance is involved. Maybe I could get my son to do a demonstration of skill on the blackjack machines for the court. < Poker and blackjack are obviously more than simply the luck of the draw. But they also obviously involve luck," USC's Wedlock said. "The question is whether a lottery is any game that involves some luck, or does it have to be completely luck?".> GO Jaguars

To: Ed Pettee who wrote (5522)	12/14/1997 4:14:00 PM
From: jimmy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10368

Ed, Excellent article. very timely. Here's an idea... it seems to me that this lottery question could be resolved quite easily with an experiment: Get two sample groups - one comprised of skilled poker players, and the other comprised of unskilled players.. then run an unbiased experiment. They could sanction some respectable research organization to conduct the expirement - perhaps researchers from one of the state universities. Even if the Court rules that video poker, in its present form, is equivalent to a lottery, the video poker machine designers could simply go back to the drawing board - producing a new generation of machines that more effectively rewarded skill.