There has been some confusion on at least one major topic contained within the currently-circulating Reid bill (via @Kevmath), and that is surrounding the licensing of \’bad actors\’ (see below on this), which is my shorthand for entities operating US-facing Internet […]
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Got a speaking role in the Harry Reid online poker bill debate, playing a professional know-it-all an expert commentator on casinos, politics, and poker. When yammering on to a \”mainstream\” journalist for some 45 minutes about a plausibly complex subject,
Stage Being Set: Harry Reid Plays Rush Poker Pokerati punditry in the news
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BJ and Dan go heads up on the implications of the proposed Reid Bill + Who is the Best Canadian Athlete in the World? The Poker Beat: December 6, 2010 Jonathan Duhamel the best athlete in Canada? The WPT\’s Season
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Was just writing a post highlighting a few places to bookmark for the week, including: Part-time Poker\’s \”Regulation\” page — seems to be a solid aggregator of relevant info The Twitter hashtag #ReidBill, which many close followers of gaming legislation
Poker Partyline Update from Pappas, the PPA, et Al D’Amato
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Stu Hoegner, our resident international gaming attorney here at Pokerati – a.k.a. @GamingCounsel as he is well-followed on Twitter – has located a copy of a document that has been widely requested by our readers in the past 24 hours.
As word that Harry Reid was authoring his own poker/casino-friendly bill repealing UIGEA filtered through the press today, people in the poli-poker world have been itching for a look at the draft filtering around Capitol Hill. Fortunately, the global gaming
So as we thought might-could happen (April, June), Harry Reid (D-NV) is pushing repeal of the UIGEA a way to shore up America\’s net bottom-line. I get the feeling the re-empowered Senate Majority Leader was hoping this poker-only proposal could
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Reid, backed by casino companies that \”were among the Democrat\’s biggest donors during his fierce re-election fight\”, is currently passing a draft-version of his own brand new internet gambling bill around Capitol Hill this week. The Wall Street Journal published
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This morning, Harry Reid received a letter in which the Senate Republicans have pledged to halt all action on lame duck legislative items until a deal is reached on tax cuts. In this Nov 29 letter to Reid, signed by
Senate GOP Vows Halt to All Lame Duck ActionUIGEA proponent Jon Kyl co-authors pledge
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