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9.  Stone reports that the American Gaming Association

successfully lobbied Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) to change leg-

islation that might have adversely affected its members'

ability to advertise online.  Stone, p. 1292.

10. Sinclair, p. 14.

11. "Present Legal Realities," International Gaming and

Wagering Business, August 1997, p. S55.

12. Sinclair, p. 14.

13. Heubusch, quoting Roper Starch Worldwide survey.

14. In refusing to condemn gambling, many no doubt follow

the official doctrines of their religions.  For example,

"[G]ames of chance (card games, etc.) or wagers are not in

themselves contrary to justice.  They become morally unac-

ceptable when they deprive someone of what is necessary to

provide for his needs and those of others."  Catechism of

the Catholic Church (The Vatican: Paulist Press, 1994), p.

580.  "Brian Rusche, director of the Joint Religious

Legislative Coalition, a mainstream lobbying group, said,

'When we scanned [Christian and Jewish] religious writings,

we couldn't find an absolute moral prohibition' against

gambling."  Martha Sawyer Allen, "Gambling Doesn't Seem

Quite Right, But Is It Wrong?" (Minneapolis) Star Tribune,

October 18, 1997, p. 7B.

15. Heubusch.

16. See, for example, Adam Thierer, "Will Rain Fall on

Their Field of Dreams?" Washington Times, April 22, 1998,

p. A17, criticizing bills that would outlaw online fantasy

sports leagues.

17. Quoted in Crist, p. 85.

18. For arguments that existing federal laws outlaw many

types of Internet gambling, see generally Seth Gorman and

Antony Loo, "Comment: Blackjack or Bust: Can U.S. Law Stop

Internet Gambling?" Loyola Los Angeles Entertainment Law

Journal 16 (1996): 667; and Nicholas Robbins, "Baby Needs

a New Pair of Cybershoes: The Legality of Casino Gambling

on the Internet," Boston University Journal of Science and

Technology Law 2 (1996): 7.

19. "(a) Whoever being engaged in the business of betting

or wagering knowingly uses a wire communication facility

for the transmission in interstate or foreign commerce of

bets or wagers . . . shall be fined under this title or