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From: ecl@mtgzy.att.com (Evelyn C Leeper)
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Subject: Re: Phone Calls and Stamps as Lottery Fees
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Date: 20 Mar 90 18:05:39 GMT
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> >[Moderator's Note: The fallacy in your argument is that charging for a
> >phone call to reach the radio station lottery is violating rules
> >pertaining to contests. Contests which have you mail in a coupon or
> >ticket are not violating the law because the post office requires a stamp
> >on the envelope. Both the postage stamp and the telephone charge are
> >simply fees for transporting the message.  PT]

I missed the article that this was ttached to, but the original
article was asking about 900 numbers, the cost for which is different
from a "regular" call in that the "regular" call is being charged for
what the call itself (supposedly) costs, while the 900 number can
charge whatever it wants as a money-making proposition.  


Evelyn C. Leeper  |  +1 201-957-2070  |  att!mtgzy!ecl or  ecl@mtgzy.att.com
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do 
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