The Texas Card Players Association held their annual meeting in Austin on May 31. I am a former board member of the association and believe that they are on the right track in terms of growing their membership. If we […]
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While we are organizing here in Texas again for the next round in the Legislature, The Poker Players\’ Alliance has posted up on YouTube a couple of television ads aimed at growing the movement nationally. The PPA is making a
It has been a while since I posted, but the Texas Poker PAC is still working towards our legislative goals. The next Texas Legislative Session begins in 2009, so we are working behind the scenes to get ready for our
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AUSTIN–Sorry it took so long to get this Legislative Wrap-Up out, but I needed a little break. The poker bill (HB 3186) indeed died this session. We most likely will not have legal poker in Texas before 2009. That’s the
I\’m about to quit thinking about the Legislature and Politics for a few days over the long weekend. In the meantime, those of you who are in Central Texas should consider attending this. The Poker Players Alliance is helping with
Sorry I didn\’t post immediately after HB 3186 saw its untimely demise this week, but I went out and drank to bed Thursday night after it became evident that we weren\’t gonna get there. Lets bring the vitriol down a
As we move along in the process to regulate poker in Texas, I’ve tried really hard not to overdo the poker metaphors, but this time it really is the best way to say it. Our bill, HB 3186, is on
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We\’ve gotten some decent ink going into the weekend, with some more expected. The biggest threat to our little bill is that the House of Representatives is just on this side of a total meltdown over totally unrelated issues. The
HB 3186 was voted out of the House Licensing and Administrative Procedures Committee. We will be seeing our first Texas House vote on Poker as early as Friday. More to come, but for now please contact your State Representative and
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It has been a little while since I last updated y\’all on the progress of our Texas Poker Bill (HB 3186). When we last left our little bill it had had a great hearing in the Texas House Committee on
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