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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1987)
Gambling Continued from Pjge 1 in the airplane refused to com ment on their involvement because of the illegal nature of the game. Because each person buying into these games must recruit two more, the bottom level can expand enormously within a few days, yielding its collapse. In fact, if an individual con tacts two people one day. and those two each contact two the next day. and this rate con tinues for a month, more than a billion people will be on the bottom level alone at the end of this period. "Anybody who looks closely at a pyramid scheme has to understand that sooner or later somebody's going to lose. That’s where the money comes from to pay off the people who win.” Hansen said It will collapse. I think everyone who gets involved in it just hopes that it will col lapse just late enough for them to make something off it and get out. — Richard Hansen smart enough to know better, and unfortunately I think pro bably the bottom line to it is that it hooks people who am greedy, and certainly college students arc no less greedy than anybody else in the world." he said • ’ A lot of i o n - a r t ists... depend on a certain amount of greed in their victims in order to hook, and that makes the victims real reluctant to sav 'Yeah. I was being greedy, and I took a stab at this and I got stab Inevitably a lot of people have to lose. That’s the risk they take being so stupid as to get into something like that, that late, where it’s going to break down, it’s going to fall apart. — Grant Campbell "It will collapse." he con tinued. "1 think that everybody who Rets involved in it hopes that it will collapse just late enough for them to make something off it and get out." "You'd think that college students of all people would Ik; bed instead,’ " Hansen said At this point, police are not investigating the scheme. “it’s sort of like gambling You know you could lose, so if you lose, where’s your com plaint?” Hansen said. "And, of course, gambling does rely on someone losing so that PHOTO I.D. We will RESUME MAKING I.D. CARDS Oct. 9th 9:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. and Oct. 12, 13, & 14th 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. Room 4 EMU (we apologize for the inconvenience) By GARY LARSON I "Now! „ That should cloor up a tow things around h#r*T somebody else can win,” "I'm a bit of a gambler myself, but I like to Ik* involved in the process." Frit hette said ”1 like to have the jack and the queen in my hand and say. stay or hit.' And to Ik* involved in the airplane game, there's too many unknowns University Neighborhood Dentist Gentle care for students for 15 years Student Discount Available J, Scott Baxter, D.M.D., P.C. Complete Dental Service • Fillings • TV's • Root Canals • VCR s • Nitrous Oxide • Cosmetic Bonding 622 E. 22nd Ave. Building F ^ . rnn i (corner of Patterson & 22nd) / 1 —UO-Bookstore AA-2 Pk. J *° i OQ SALE 1.99 AA-4 Pk. •*9 *» Q CQ SALE 0.39 D SIZE-2 Pk. sale* 2.19 AAA 2 Pk. SALE I .99 “D”-2PK AA-4PK “C"-2PK Rag I.U Rag 2.16 Rag 151 SALE SALE SALE 1.29 1.89 99$ The accent is on super. Your store since 1920. ITiffij'il Rechargeable Nickel-Cadmium Batteries m AA-2PK "C"2PK “D"2PK 9 4$ R*g • »S fUg ION SALE SALE SALE 6.25 6.49 6.49 You pay 10 96 BATTERY m«" in 'abate 4 00 CHARGER IZ 6.95 m mb A AincaM M» / J05 JO SAT 1000500 M* «M» 1 _ ADVERTISE RIGHT NEXT TO The FAR SIDE, DAILY! 38,750 Readers will see your business! Call 686-3712 , For Details
