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From: dmmartindale@watcgl.UUCP (Dave Martindale)
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: A new topic, perhaps ...
Message-ID: <2994@watcgl.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 23-Aug-84 11:03:54 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 23 11:03:54 1984
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Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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	I received a letter from my church today.  In the typical style
	of Catholic parishes, we are supporting our school with
	gambling: weekly bingo and twice-a-year raffles.  I have in
	front of me an envelope with 12 chances and a letter.  The
	letter ends with

	``N.B.   New Jersey State law requires that all chances, sold
		or unsold, be returned.''

	Now this would suggest that I have been placed under obligation
	to return these (by virtue of State law) where U.S. law seems
	to forbid any such obligation from being served on me in this
	fashion.

Perhaps the church, in sending out the "chances", is now responsible for
collecting them from you.  This certainly seems more reasonable than
allowing the church to pass that responsibility on to you without you
agreeing to it.