Poker Players Alliance

Happy Holidays to PPA Members!

The PPA wants to help you start fighting for poker in 2008 with your own free PPA Poker Table.

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After it was discovered that a recently submitted casino bill included the criminalization of online poker, Randy Castonguay helped organize a state-wide effort resulting in more than 1700 letters have been sent to State Reps, State Senators and the Governor in less than a week. Randy has also taken on the important role of interviewing with national press, raising awareness online, and organizing more support. Check out his short poker video clip.
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Dear Member,

As we near the end of 2007, the fight for poker gains
momentum.  Since our last newsletter, the
PPA has become more involved at the state level, received national media
coverage, and we have become an increasingly active and influential force in
Washington, D.C.
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For Immediate Release

Congressional
Hearing Dispels Internet Poker Myths 

~ Annie Duke delivers
impassioned testimony to the Judiciary Committee ~
 

Washington, D.C.
(November 14, 2007) – Yesterday the House Judiciary Committee, which has key
jurisdiction over Internet gaming matters, held a hearing to discuss the
inconsistencies with U.S policy.  On behalf
of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), Annie Duke testified along with experts on
international trade, age-verification technology and representatives from the
Departments of Justice and Treasury. 
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Chairman Conyers and members of the Committee, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to testify before your committee. I am doing so as an American citizen who is concerned about personal freedom and personal responsibility. I am also here to express the views of the nearly 800,000 Americans who belong to the Poker Players Alliance.
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Poker Pro Annie Duke will testify before the House Judiciary Committee

Tomorrow the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to examine the United States policies as they relate to Internet gaming. Annie Duke, one of the top poker players in the world will testify before the Committee on behalf of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA).
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The PPA would like
to invite any members in the area who are interested in this hearing to
attend.  Annie Duke will testify on our
behalf.  This hearing will be very
crowded, so if you do decide to attend, please plan to arrive early. 

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

NOTICE OF HEARING
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This has been an exciting week for poker and I have several items of good news to report.

First, I am pleased to announce that Rep. John Conyers (MI) Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee has agreed to co-sponsor H.R. 2046, the Skill Game Protection Act.  Further, his Committee officially announced today that they are holding a hearing next week (Nov. 14th) to discuss Internet gaming issues.  Both of these considerable achievements can be in a large part credited to our grassroots fly-in from just two weeks ago.  During the fly-in we had more than one occasion to meet with the Chairman and explain our issues.  He was so impressed with our arguments that he asked Annie Duke to testify at the Committee hearing.  While the other witnesses have not been made public at this time, I can tell you that there will be experts to discuss the WTO, age-verification, the proposed regulations and problem gambling.  Click here for more info on the hearing, we encourage our members who live in the Washington, D.C. area to attend.   
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Recently, Governor Deval Patrick proposed a bill (H.4307, click here to read) that seeks to expand casino gambling in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This bill also includes a proposition that would make it a crime for you to play poker on the Internet (See: Section 15(h)(2)(i)). Under this provision, violators will be subject to a maximum term of 2 years in the house of correction, a fine of $25,000, or both. Ironically, H.4307 is pro-casino gambling legislation, yet it makes Internet gaming a crime. This is an unacceptable double-standard!
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