Reply from Costa Rica

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From: NOT POSTED
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 3:34 PM
Subject: Your search engine column

Dear Dave,
I just read your piece on search engines and online gambling. I run an offshore gaming site located in Costa Rica called Triple Crown Racebook www.tcbets.com. We believe that we are conducting a legal business and should be afforded the same rights as other businesses. As far as pulling money out of the economy like drug dealers do, please give me a break. Almost all of my money gets put back into ad dollars in the US. Is any offshore business that caters to US customers an illegal business? For example in many states it is not illegal to make a bet over the internet. So customers are not doing anything wrong. Also this "gambling prohibition" is not only effecting gambling sites offshore, but US sites as well. As per my conversation with Overture a company like The Daily Racing Form would be prohibited from advertising.
Belive me I would rather be back home in the US than here. It's a bitch trying to get good Chinese food, or pastrami at 3AM. But we are licensed and legal. We pay our taxes. We even sponser a basketball team.
If you have any questions regarding gaming,offshore gaming, racing etc. please don't hesitate to call me at ###-###-#### or email me at this address.

Thanks
Dave