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From: peter@taronga.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: Texas Space-Travel Entrepreneurs Guilty
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I suspect other, similar, 900 services with the postcard-entry dodge
have run in Texas. They shoulda picked another state, though: a lot of
Texas politicos are a mite touchy about NASA. Holding a competition
like this so close to Johnson Space Center was like waving a red flag
in front of the bull.

> [Moderator's Note: Not only is it void in NY, FL and RI, it may be
> void everywhere by now if the latest news report is accurate.
> Supposedly the guys running it have been found guilty.  PAT]

Guilty of "running an illegal lottery", according to the news reports
yesterday. I don't think anyone showed they didn't have the goods to
deliver.


(peter@taronga.uucp.ferranti.com)