SERIOUS LEGAL QUESTION... feedback and answers appreciated.
if it was a licensed casino using "real money", anyone playing from US would be breaking the law.
So is this the actual legal position... 'Lottocoin and ALT currencies are all play money' and not a real currency even though they have a direct exchange rate with Bitcoin that has in itself been rubberstamped by the US senate as a real trading currency.
Is the statement quoted correct and is this the legal advice given by Lottocoin's and its affiliate site's legal advisors?
A statement from the DEVS confirming this would inspire long term confidence in the coin and its developing affiliate projects.
That would be great for lottocoin
not to be a dick but you might have better confidence if you emailed BTC dev team asking if it was legal to use BTC in gambling for the simple reason that BTC probably has at least 100 times more gambling sites than LOT and as its the currency from which LOT derives value...
IMO, value of an alt coin vs btc is initially determined by about 80% speculation and 20% services after that its like 60% speculation and 40% supply/demand from services, difficulty, block rewards, etc.. redcoin is right in that alt coins only has value to us who are miners/traders..
Anyway, BTC might have been rubberstamped as 'real' money but it doesn't cover the rest of alt currencies. It comes down to being unregulated, decentralized, blah blah blah (we've all heard the spiel) currently the only 'real' way for a government to monitor it is when you declare the fiat you earn in exchange..
right now its along the lines of buying beads, pots and pans.. heading off into the west and trading it for leather and furs... coming back to civilization and making a killing at the market