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To: Ed Pettee who wrote (7609)	2/25/1998 9:24:00 AM
From: T.K. Allen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10368

Ed: My guess is that most Senators (on both sides of the issue) would like to see the Supreme Court take this case and make a decision because it will help them get off the hook. Politicians hate making tough choices because they always wind up offending a substantial portion of their voters. I'll bet there are some phone calls flying back and forth right now between some Senator's offices and some court justice's offices. If the court calls the machines legal, Beasley may be forced to compromise. However, if the court calls the machines illegal lotteries, Beasley can really turn up the heat on those few swing votes in the Senate. TKA

To: Ed Pettee who wrote (7609)	2/25/1998 12:44:00 PM
From: Silicon Trader	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10368

ED somewhat OFF TOPIC Tidbit: A NRAG shareholder spoke to Noram yesterday and added further fuel to the fire with several comments that would lead me to believe that there is a possibility here Still way to early to tell, the one thing that makes me think that it might not be BNGO would be the fact that Noram said they were negotiating with Already listed company's( along with the other offers) HMMMM !!!!!! I have confirmed the comments made on the NRAG thread with the company. anyway i will let this rest for now until , like i said i can give all of us something more concrete, it maybe that the walls of silence are just to great LOL !!!!. We should know in the next few weeks according to what others have been told to include myself. GO NRAG MBA GO BNGO

To: Ed Pettee who wrote (7609)	2/25/1998 1:27:00 PM
From: jimmy	Respond to of 10368

Interesting article, Ed. It's difficult to predict how the Court will rule here. Hell, it's even difficult to predict how Judge Anderson would have ruled if it were up to him. On the skill versus chance question, if I were the judge it would simply come down to this: if the software algorithm "knows" the player's hand and makes decisions based on that "inside" information, then it's purely a game of chance. If on the other hand, the computer is simply functioning as the perfect player, but having no knowledge of its opponent's hand, and no control over the outcome of the deal, then we have the element of skill.