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To: stockstrader
Heck, gambling via the 'options' and 'futures' markets has been a given for many, many years. The difference is the govt can monitor that activity much easier and ensure that they 'get their cut'.

It's as much of a potential mechanism for money laundering as onling gambling sites. This his how Hillary laundered the illegal campaign contributions from Tyson, but I don't recall anyone proposing banning commodity futures trading over it.

41 posted on 10/02/2006 6:18:26 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: tacticalogic

And you can do that same 'commodities' gambling ONLINE too! The difference is the govt wants to be able to 'get their cut'.


42 posted on 10/02/2006 6:21:08 AM PDT by stockstrader
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