PPA Comments on Federal Action Against Online Poker Companies WASHINGTON, DC. (April 15, 2011) – Former Senator Alfonse D’Amato, Chairman of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, issued […]
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Forbes associate editor Nathan Vardi published an article this morning entitled \”How Casino Mogul Steve Wynn Went All In On Online Poker and PokerStars\”, which despite the lame-o \”All In!\” header, is a compelling high-seas tale of how PokerStars founder
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Just before the hearing on AB258 held in the Nevada Legislature this morning, the PPA released an official press statement supporting the \”interstate\” iPoker bill. This announcement made an for an interesting preface to over three hours of testimony on
PPA just released a statement of support for intrastate bill AB258 – that is currently heard right now in the Nevada State Legislature. Here is the complete statement from PPA below ->
The Nevada Legislature\’s Assembly Judiciary will be hearing the PokerStars-backed iPoker bill, aka AB258 (complete bill text here) this morning at 11am PT. The hearing is the next step in the process for this bill to become a law, though
The House Committee on Financial Services released an official statement this evening which announced the awaited introduction of a new federal internet gambling bill by Rep. John Campbell (R-CA). The new <shall-we-say> #campbellbill is, at the moment, identical to the
The PPA flew cross country from DC->Olympia earlier this week so they could rendezvous today with Andy Bloch+Linda Johnson+Jan Fisher and 20 online poker players. No, it\’s not part of the plot line to a poker-politico version of \”Almost Famous\”.
Nevada has not just one, but three bills related to \”interactive gaming\” that now have been referred for hearing in the state Senate Judiciary committee. There are two bills related to internet gaming in Nevada being heard today 8AM PST
Governor Christie prevented intrastate gambling in New Jersey from becoming law today with a his letter to the State Senate returning the bill without executive approval of the bill \”in its present form.\” Christie did not comment on this bill
New Jersey Governor Christie did hold a press conference this morning, but it did not answer any questions regarding today\’s decision on the fate of iGambling for New Jersey. Press of Atlantic City reported here: Gov. Chris Christie said at
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