From the PPA: Hi all, Texas Gov. Perry is blocking the vote on HB222 (the bill that legalized land-based poker in Texas). Let\’s all amp up the pressure! Contact info: Phone: (800) 252-9600 Twitter: @GovernorPerry I believe we should hit […]
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Our non-friends at Texans Against Gambling told their influential members that they needed to combat big-time casino lobbying dollars supposedly pushing HB 222. However, they don\’t tell you who received a lot of those gambling-interest dollars, nor that a some
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I swear this won\’t tilt anybody … but here\’s the alert sent out Thursday by Texans Against Gambling to generate enough support for a change of course that, frankly, I still don\’t fully understand. Via the fair-minded, conservative Off the
How to Defeat a Ready-to-Pass Bill: Lie What we’re really up against
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This should be a semi-fascinating case should it not get insta-folded as frivolous: Two \”recreational\” California poker players, Dennis Chae and Jeff Kim, have sued the Bike, Commerce, Hustler, Hollywood Park, and Hawaiian Gardens casinos — alleging that the dollar-a-pot
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Rep. Jose Menendez stepped away briefly from the House floor to talk me off of tilt learn-me-some political sportsmanship and let concerned Pokeratizens know that no, HB 222 isn\’t dead yet … but he may well have to put it
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Here\’s what we\’re up against … I don\’t want to alert them that we\’re out here trying to muster up the troops … but the \”Shmristian Shmlife Association\” put out a memo in an attempt to deliver us a bad
RE: Political WTF in Texas (2) What we’re up against
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From the PPA: Subject: Governor Perry blocking vote on poker bill-Please call now! Earlier today the Texas House of Representatives was scheduled to vote on HB 222 – a bill that would license and regulate poker in the state of
RE: Political WTF in Texas Don’t let poker get Rick-rolled
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Jose Menendez (D-San Antonio), do we even know you anymore? Supposedly Gov. Rick Perry has re-re-changed his position … and so now Menendez is going to not even let the House have their vote? I honestly just don\’t understand. We
Political WTF in Texas? Bad river card on its way?
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Just some early-morning semi-pokery stuff that\’s caught my eye … actually, first part\’s not so pokery, but I think a lot of poker fans might be curious about this upcoming ESPN piece on the governor\’s efforts in Delaware to bring
The Florida state legislature (with its Republican majority in both the House and Senate) closes its current session today to pass the state budget, as well as pass an expansion of gambling. The part the poker community cares about is
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