For those wondering when HB 222 would make the Texas House calendar, this coming Friday is your lucky day. I\’ll leave it to Dan or other Texas legislation experts to interpret the fact that it\’s buried on the calendar, but […]
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First, a link from the San Antonio Express-News showing that our efforts to legalize poker in Texas are taking hold: Legalized poker rooms in Texas closer to a reality And in Florida, which is in the midst of its own
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OK, here you go … click the link below to ping the House Licensing and Procedures Committee with your support for HB 222. And for those of you griping that the bill itself isn\’t perfect … STFU! don\’t worry, we
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We all know the value of selective aggression … and here\’s what\’s up in the next couple hours: The committee voting on us consists of 9 members … so we need the support of five of them. Looking back at
Dave in Grapevine (from the Yestbay1 poker blog) wrote in on Friday with a reminder that the Texas Legislature is about to be back in session (the state congress meets every other year there) and our second go-round with Make
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Another late comment on an older post, semi-related … comes from Marisa in the Midwest: I have been a licensed poker dealer in the midwest for 13 years, and I have been waiting many years for Texas to legalize poker
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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
The Texas legislative session is coming to a close, and save for the chance of hitting a miracle half-outer on the river, the Texas Poker Act is dead. Bummer. But better luck next time, right? And until then, I guess
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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
Lavigne in Austin just called me with something close to a concession speech. He won\’t say it\’s definitely not gonna get through, but he would be surprised. They\’ve made it about halfway through the calendar in about eight hours. We
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