ehopper@attmail.com (02/08/91)
An earlier message reported that the founders of Space Travel Services had been convicted of a crime. Not true. They were ARRESTED yesterday 2/6/91. The charge was conducting an illegal lottery. Please note that this charge does not hinge on whether or not they could actually deliver the prize to the winner, just that a $2.99 phone call for entry (or the mail in entry option) was gambling. Obviously, they will use the mail-in entry option as a defense, since that will break the traditional prize-chance-consideration definition of alottery. I wonder, if this is an illegal lottery, what about MTV's big giveaways? They seem to be the same deal. Ed Hopper