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

To: Nancy McKinney who wrote (353)	5/12/1999 8:51:00 PM
From: RickM	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1266

This is from the article, read it again; >>>>>>>>> But don't count your winnings yet. Many U.S. state lotteries say they don't expect to put their gambling games on the Internet anytime soon -- if at all -- casting doubts over how quickly eLottery investors can reap their winnings. "I do not see a very extensive market for it," says George Andersen, director of the Minnesota lottery and president of the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries. The group, which represents 46 North American lotteries, polled its membership recently and didn't turn up a single lottery interested in putting its games on the Internet. "I just don't know of anybody who's on the verge, and we're a pretty close society," Mr. Andersen adds.<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Ok, what the hell do you expect these people to say??? Mr. Anderson is full of shit! The article is total bull shit (excuse my language). Six months ago most of the major brokerages were telling the press they had no intention of providing online trading...yeah, sure, give me a break. I won't rattle on; use some common sense!!! Who the hell would ever want to buy a lottery ticket using their PC over the internet. Can't think of a single person..... I'm a contract programmer and I live in Las Vegas. I have contracted and worked for major casinos here and I can tell you the big boys want to get on the net. They haven't yet, but they are ready to go. I say "they" because I know that one major big name casino has been ready for 2 years and if one is ready it would be a good guess that they are all ready. Enough said.