A Tale of Three Vending Machines
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Coinstar, Redbox and a Lottery ticket dispenser, side by side, in California. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE.People who think all Bitcoin purchases must be accompanied by KYC/AML and other Security Theatre are 100% wrong. Bitcoin is no different to any purchase of “Pay as You Go” telephone top-up credits, iTunes and Amazon Gift Cards or even Lottery tickets, which is…gambling.The photo at the top of this post was taken today in a California supermarket. Three machines stand side by side near the exit. The one on the far right is a Scratchers® Vending Machine Lottery ticket dispenser. You can insert between $1 and $20 to buy tickets and when I say, “you” I mean anybody can do it. The machine is unsupervised.From the “Calottery” website.The Lottery ticket dispenser doesn’t ask for any ID to gamble. A (...)