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PokerStars and Poker Players Alliance Team Up to #Fight4Poker
As more and more states are considering legislating and regulating online poker, PokerStars and the Poker Players Alliance are teaming up to galvanize the poker playing community to help...
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California Online Poker Regulation Takes Key Step Forward
It's probably a little too early to get super excited just yet, but Wednesday afternoon saw a California legislative committee pass a bill that would regulate online poker in...
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Report: Bill to Halt Expansion of Online Poker Coming in US
According to the Poker Players Alliance, the main lobbying voice for poker players on Capitol Hill, a bill could be introduced in the US Congress that "would block new...
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PPA Anticipates Mark-Up of RAWA
A week ago, a hearing in a House Subcommitteediscussed the merits of the Sheldon Adelson-backed Restoring America's Wire Act, or RAWA, which would ban online gambling in the US,...
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PPA On RAWA Hearing: "This Bill Should Die Today"
If you were hiding under a rock, you missed the two-hour-long fear-mongering fest that was a House Judiciary Subcommittee's hearing on Restoring America's Wire Act, a bill that comes...
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PPA Calls House Subcommittee Hearing to Ban i-Gaming "A Real Threat"
Last week, PocketFives brought you an article about a hearing scheduled for March 5in the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations to discuss a bill from...
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PPA Confirms First Disputed Full Tilt Payments Will Be Sent by March
In a thread on PocketFives, the Poker Players Alliancehas confirmed that the first round of disputed Full Tilt payments for US players "is on track" to be sent by...
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PPA: "Just Because It Isn't True Doesn't Mean Our Opponents Won't Say It"
This week, Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson hijacked the critical Attorney General confirmation proceedingsin the House Judiciary Committee. One of his minions, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who is...
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PPA: "No Doubt" Anti-Internet Gambling Legislation Will Be Re-Introduced
We closed the 2014 calendar year focusing on legislation spearheaded by Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson called Restoring America's Wire Act. The bill, which would have banned internet...
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Adelson's Internet Gambling Prohibition Not Included in Final Spending Bill
The internet gambling world can breathe a collective sigh of relief, as, after a couple days' sweat, Sheldon Adelson's (pictured) pet project, Restoring America's Wire Act, did not make...