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We can also include links to the petition in blogs. Check out my article on UIGEA and its
impact on the horse racing industry at http://digg.com/d1v8hn for one example.
Rich Muny
June 29, 2009
When the Unlawful Internet
Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) passed in 2006, the horse racing industry was
protected with a special exemption. However, it is now clear that this exemption
will fail to protect the industry from the harmful effects of the
Act.
UIGEA requires blocking of “unlawful” Internet gaming by financial
institutions. However, neither the Act nor its regulations define unlawful
Internet gaming. No one seems to know what it unlawful and what is not. As a
result, banks and credit card companies have been deputized not only to enforce
this deeply flawed law, but also to define its scope. Unfortunately, the law
penalizes banks severely if they err on the side of processing transactions
later determined to be unlawful, while permitting them to block perfectly legal
transactions. As a result, banks can be expected to err strongly on the side of
caution.......
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The article just hit the Digg front page! Hopefully that will also get us more signatures.
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Great news! The petition now has over 200,000
signatures. 
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206,765! I guess we'll be at a quarter-million in a few days. 
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Yep, this deserves continual bumps, not everyone visits P5s every day! And we really do need everyone who plays online poker (or loves someone who plays online poker, or just likes someone who plays online poker) to sign this petition. Skallagrim
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almost a 1/4 of a million 224796
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