(1) Registration and Fitness to Hold a License is a barrier to Entry ?
These requirements are actually pretty common in gambling jurisdictions overseas, and probably in US land based jurisdictions too?
Given the vast potential profits – and the ease to which online software can be rigged to “cheat” I don’t REALLY see any alternative to a stringent check on potential applicants.
(2) The registration process will be rigged.
Seriously? That’s the thrust of this “Harvard Lawyers” argument?
Well you can’t argue against that … unfair selection processes are obviously unfair by definition.
:dafingers
But what if we take that assumption away and say that there will be a reasonable approach?
I read this item and didn’t actually see a single piece of legal logic, case law or reasoned argument in it ?
Oh — other than rum and cokes cost $15 in New York …
It’ll take a bit more discussion than this to get me thinking that Barney Frank is part of a super-scam.
:stirpot:
I Agree, doesn’t really sound like a lawyer as he does not back anything up with any arguments.
In my state for a variety store to get a lottery license the cost, if I remember correctly is $10k and that was some time ago. Might even be higher now.
How much is cab license? I hear it’s around a $100K?
Personally, I think this is all about banks not wanting to pay to implement the UIGEA processing blocks. Isn’t that 270 days almost up?
Did I. Nelson Rose ever comment on this?