To: FL_engineer
does anyone know if what they did is illegal? Yes. McCain-Feingold is adamant about protecting the integrity of online gambling.
To: VisualizeSmallerGovernment
The maximum contract position for any account is $500 in the Iowa Electronic Market. That's hardly in the George Soros league (not worth the time to open the account). Perhaps the Dim Underground with lots of little accounts could be doing something like this, but this is not a market involving material amounts of money.
The Intrade.com site is much more active (Irish betting site), and it shows almost a 59% probability of a Bush win.
17 posted on
09/01/2004 7:16:48 AM PDT by
labard1
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