Poker Players Alliance

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WASHINGTON, July 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Dr. Jeffrey L. Derevensky, a leading professor at McGill University, contends that Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) incorrectly cited the university’s research on gambling addiction in arguing for the continued prohibition on Internet gambling. Derevensky in fact believes that the regulation of online gambling is an opportunity to put in place safeguards to combat problem and underage gambling.

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WASHINGTON — Despite a stunning setback in his effort to roll back a ban on Internet gambling, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., says the issue is not going away.

“At this point, Im waiting to see what the Republicans, who voted against this, plan to do after getting the heat for killing it,” Frank said this week.

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H.R. 5767 Dies in Committee

A bill that would have forced Federal officials to decide if online poker should be considered gambling failed to make it past the House Financial Services Committee in June. Instead, Barney Frank and Ron Paul’s H.R. 5767 “Payment Systems Protection Act,” which would have stopped the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) until the federal government defined exactly what constitutes online gambling, was met with a 32-32 vote that broke along party lines, with a few notable exceptions.

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There may be a time when the online poker industry is completely legal and regulated by the U.S. government, but dont expect it to happen anytime soon.

Last week the House Financial Services Committee defeated a bill submitted by congressmen Barney Frank, D-Mass., and Ron Paul, R-Texas, that would have helped put online poker on the fast track for legalization.

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On Wednesday, the House Financial Services Committee defeated HR 5767, a bill proposed by Barney Frank and Ron Paul that would have likely opened the door for the return of legalized and regulated online poker in the United States. Instead, it’s back to square one for the internet gambling industry, which must continue to navigate turbulent waters.

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Washington, D.C. (June 25, 2008) – Former Senator Alfonse D’Amato, chairman of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with over one million members nationwide, today issued the following statement on the House Financial Services Committee’s failure to pass H.R. 5767, the “Payment Systems Protection Act,” by a vote of 32-32.
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H.R.5767 Title: To prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from proposing, prescribing, or implementing any regulation under subchapter IV of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, and for other purposes.

Financial Services Committee Hearing Page

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Result: 32-32 Vote, King Amendment Defeated
How did each Member vote?: HR5767 King Amendment Official Roll Call Voting Record

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articles:

Sure thing: Online bet battle will continue (Las Vegas Review-Journal, 07/12/08)

Four Democrats Helped Kill Challenge to UIGEA (CardPlayer, 07/07/08)

On Poker: Hopes to amend UIGEA legislation fade to black (Express-News, 07/03/08)

US Internet gambling law. Do as I say, not as I do (TelecomTV, 07/02/08)

Ron Paul: Personal Freedoms and the Internet (Texas Straight Talk, 06/30/08)

Barney Frank: Social Conservatives Still In Charge of Republican Party (The Huffington Post, 06/27/08)

Barney Frank Discusses Internet Gambling Bill’s Defeat (PocketFives, 06/27/08)

Anti-UIGEA Regulations Bill Defeated (Online-Casinos.com, 06/26/08)

Bachus Statement on Committee Vote to Protect UIGEA (Rep.Spencer Bachus, 06/26/08)

Panel nixes bill to stop Internet gambling rules (NAFCU, 06/26/08)

Internet gambling ban survives House Financial Services Committee in close vote (The Birmingham News, 06/26/08)

Push to block new rules on Web gambling stymied (Las Vegas Review-Journal, 06/26/08)

Key Congressional Committee Reaches Stalemate on New Regulations to Enforce Internet Gambling Ban (SSIGI, 06/25/08)

Lawmakers disagree over defining online gambling (Associated Press, 06/25/08)

HR 5767 Roll Call Vote (Legal Online Poker Blog, 06/25/08)

HR 5767 Defeated in Committee (Pocketfives, 06/25/08)

Statement by PPA Chairman D’Amato on Mark Up of H.R. 5767 (PPA, 06/25/08)

Rep. Bachus Offers Misinformation in His Support of Ban on Internet Gambling (SSIGI, 06/25/08)

Bachus defends Net gambling ban (The Birmingham News, 06/25/08)

Bill To Suspend Gambling Ban Likely To Pass, With Acrimony (National Journal, 06/24/08)

Ranking Member Bachus Op-Ed in Today’s American Banker (Calibre, 06/24/08)

HR5767 May Be Heard Wednesday (Online-Casinos, 06/24/08)

NAFCU supports barring Internet gambling regs (NAFCU, 06/24/08)

House Panel To Consider Bill Halting Ban On Online Gambling (NASDAQ, 06/24/08)

Tuesday Congressional Hearing for Measure to Block UIGEA (Poker News, 06/24/08)

House committee to look at anti-UIGEA bill (PokerListings, 06/23/08)

House Committee to Vote on Suspending Internet Gambling Ban (SSIGI, 06/20/08)

Congress Moving Closer To Repeal Of Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (CasinoGamblingWeb, 06/20/08)

House Committee to Work on Suspending UIGEA (Bluff Magazine, 06/20/08)

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PPA Executive Director John Pappas Joins PocketFives Podcast (PocketFives, 06/26/08)

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Card Player TV talks to Howard Lederer about recent legislation related to the UIGEA (CardPlayer, 06/26/08)

06/25/08 Markup Hearing (in chronological order)
Rep. Barney Frank Pt.1
Rep. Spencer Bachus
Rep. Peter King
Rep. Barney Frank Pt.2
Rep. Ron Paul
Rep. Melvin Watt
Rep. Barney Frank Pt.3
Rep. Spencer Bachus Pt.2
Rep. Christopher Shays

HR 5767 and King Amendment Vote

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Wednesday, the House Financial Services Committee will review a bill, H.R. 5767, that would block the implementation of UIGEA regulations. In order to get this bill out of Committee on onto the House Floor, we need your help. We need you to contact the committee and express your support for H.R. 5767, as well as the King amendment which will refine the bill language. PPA strongly supports H.R. 5767 and the King amendment, but this important bill and amendment won’t pass without your help! (more…)

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A United States bill targeting the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act is scheduled to be amended by the House Financial Services Committee next Tuesday, a process which has already drawn criticism from professional sports leagues and religious conservatives.

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