The Poker Players Alliance continues to evolve, with Rich Muny, aka @TheEngineer2008, appointed Vice President of Player Relations. Now it is officially The Engineer\’s job to communicate for the PPA on various blogs and social media forums, from Twitter to […]
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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). From the press release: WASHINGTON – The Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer
Campbell Introduces ‘New’ Federal iGambling BillHR2267 text repurposed as #campbellbill
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No charges have been filed, despite yellow tape identifying this site of a deadly poker game as a crime scene. This time it was player-on-player violence … leaving one man dead and another injured after a gunfight broke out early
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The somewhat nutty former Sen. Al D\’Amato is getting ready for his upcoming trip to Washington — State, not DC — and is calling the online poker troops to action in Olympia, for the PPA\’s big shindig in support of
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I\’ve been a fan of John Stossel, and his willingness to call bullshit on conventional wisdom, since the days I started noticing the difference between good journalism and bad. He has since moved from ABC News to Fox, where his
Witht the June 1 enforcement deadline fast approaching, PPA Executive Director John Pappas lays out a new strategy for dodging the UIGEA: They\’re sending a petition around Congress requesting an exemption from the UIGEA for online poker and \”peer-to-peer\” games.
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I didn\’t intend to go here, but while looking up where J. Todd got his information about the $5.2 million spent on online gambling lobbying in Q1 2010, I dug a little deeper into the Bola Verde report (\”Business Intelligence
The PPA isn\’t giving up on moving Barney Frank and Jim Goodlatte\’s online gambling bills through Congress before (or after) the June 1 UIGEA deadline. In response to their efforts — and perhaps testament to their progress — one of
Before it gets too late, big congrats to Pokerati blogger-player Jon Katkin, who took 2nd place out of 220ish in the Opportunity Village Celebrity Poker Tournament at Caesars Palace last Saturday. Nice! Katkin bought in for a single $300 tax-deductible
Poker for a Good Cause Notable charity scores for Katkin, Darfur, Full Tilt
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No one should get too excited about the supposed Full Committee Hearing for the Barney Frank (D-MA) bills … engines may be revving for HR 2266 + 2267, but these bills aren\’t really \”moving\”. At best they are spinning their
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