Tacklebuster,
Those were not my numbers they were yours. If you look at my previous post you can see I cut and pasted what YOU wrote. So now we find out you won't be paying out 30 times to a single winner, let alone the 3000 times you advertised.
Your response did nothing to explain away your conflict of interest, it only made it worse.
You fail to mention that these private businesses are owned and operated by you and your family
So you took money from people for registrations and a charter, (they did pay you for the charter, didn't they?) caught the leading salmon on a boat you own, personally weighed the fish at a store you also own to place in a tournament you started.
And your defense is you aren't taking any of the winnings?!?!
It speaks volumes that you don't see anything wrong with your actions.
Jim