Check it out … the Fort Worth Star-Telegram has a story on the possibility of legalizing online poker in 2010. (Nice quotes, Lavigne.) Nothing earth-shattering in the story … just the non-poker populace continuing to be educated on the basics […]
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The armed robbery of what looks like probably a 5/10 game was the lead story on KXAN\’s 6 pm broadcast … and they spoke to longtime friend of Pokerati (and Texas state director of the PPA) Lavigne in Austin about
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Rep. Menendez has officially killed HB 222 on the floor of the Texas House, knowing that the Gov. won\’t pass. He was able to spend a few minutes discussing why it should be allowed to proceed, only to be interrupted
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The PPA has been keeping an eye on Texas for a while … seeing it as a potential \”battleground state\”. Now it seems they\’re ready to put some resources behind it, as they\’ve launched a new website to anchor their
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Had a pleasant chat with PPA boss John Pappas yesterday about the state of poker legislation. \”We have a new website!\” he says. OK, that quote\’s semi-made up, but he definitely wanted to pimp the Poker Players Alliance\’s new forums,
2008 Is Probably Not the Year of Getting There But that’s OK if you’re the PPA
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Pokerati file photo: The HB-3186 war room, led by Lavigne in Austin (standing, top left) with Texas poker politicos, player representatives, and out-of-state allies preparing for a capitol offensive. In addition to those state-by-state member numbers, the PPA put out
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