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To: David A. Lethe who wrote (2812)	4/22/1999 2:40:00 PM
From: Mephistopheles	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8858

How did the Germans do with blocking access to sex sites?

To: David A. Lethe who wrote (2812)	4/24/1999 4:27:00 PM
From: Doug (Htfd,CT)	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8858

Those enforcement problems with anti-Net gambling laws are discussed in a recent law review article by lawyer Scott Olson, Betting No End to Internet Gambling, 4 J. TECH. L. & POL'Y 2 journal.law.ulf.edu (1999). In this scholarly article written for lawyers, Olson discusses operation of Net gambling sites, methods used by states to prohibit it, and analyzes the Kyl Bill. Atty. Olson also articulates various legal reasons for his position that neither federal nor state attempts to control online gambling will be effective and argues that government should regulate Internet gambling instead of trying to prohibit it. Olson points to the case of Missouri v. Coeur d'Alene Tribe now in federal court, dealing with issues of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ("IGRA") saying: "If the court decides that Indian Tribes which set up web sites offer gambling "on Indian lands," then legalized Internet gambling may become widespread in the United States. Gambling on Indian reservations is only subject to IGRA, [244] thereby precluding regulation and enforcement under the proposed IGPA." "IGPA" is the Internet Gaming Prohibition Act, commonly referred to as the "Kyl Bill." Some summary notes from Olson's paper, plus additional information about SNMM is available at Net Nuggets, dougsimpson.com Doug (long SNMM)