Poker and Pete Sessions now go hand-in-hand as the six-term Republican signs on to champion poker-player interests. Congress is bucking up for a new legislative season — in a presidential election year, no less — and our representatives have to […]
How a Bill May or May Not Become a Law, Part 4
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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
A little too little a little too late, perhaps … but the Houston Chronicle has a great piece by columnist sports-blogger and ESPN/The Ticket radio talk-show host Jerome Solomon about why poker in Texas shoulda been legalized. Lavigne in Austin
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I\’ll be competing in at least one event in the 2007 WSOP — $1,500 NLH on June 16. Exciting! Even more fun is that it\’s all being made possible by our new-good-best friends at Milwaukee\’s Best Light. Mmm-mmm. When you
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
Deep in the heart of Texas tonight HB 3186 will be waiting to hear the news of its existence and position. Lets take a moment to thank Dan and Lavigne of Pokerati for their great efforts in trying to legalize
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Tim in Dallas writes in with a late-night update on HB 3186, and a question that I think he was hoping was rhetorical: From: Tim B Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 2:07 AM To: dan michalski Subject: woo WOO! HB
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Or not … our beloved little HB 3186 still has a ways to go. But we are \”this much closer\” to legal-better poker in Texas … at a minimum, people in the law business are becoming more and more familiar
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Things have been busy here in A-town as we work to bring Hold\’em to Texas. We had a successful day on Tuesday as we bombarded the state with our media outreach and made a strong case for Poker in the
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