Topic: Poker Players Alliance

Complaints may slow legalization campaignMembers of Congress are seriously considering the potential implications of legalizing online gaming, including adopting regulations to police the industry in committee hearings in the Senate and House late last week. But the results in one committee seem ...
It took years to get gaming lobbyists, poker enthusiasts and sympathetic lawmakers to join in an effort to legalize online poker in the United States. But just as they appear close to success, their union is fraying.The online poker community has ...

Berkley getting help from poker players

WASHINGTON - As chief Democratic sponsor of an online poker bill introduced last week, Rep. Shelley Berkley is stumping hard for poker players. And it appears they, although more quietly, are pushing hard for her as she begins her run for U.S ...
The Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury Department have delayed compliance deadlines that would have required financial institutions to implement policies " The rules, which were adopted in November 2008 under the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, were intended to "limit the ...
Poker players hope for hot hand in Washington lobbying week to legalize online pokerThe Poker Players Alliance hopes a hot hand in the nation's capital this week will help its efforts to legalize online poker.As part of its " National Poker ...
Group says government has frozen $30M in online poker players' winningsAn advocacy group for online poker said Tuesday that the federal government has frozen more than $30 million in the accounts of payment processors that handle the winnings of thousands of online ...
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Poker players bet they can repeal ban on Internet gamblingThe Poker Players Alliance is betting $3 million that it can overturn an Internet gambling ban, or at least carve out an exemption that would legalize and regulate online poker ...

Web betting is wedge for Big Gaming

Casino trade group hurryingto nail down its position Casino companies may be commiserating over their earnings troubles, but they are squabbling like extended family at Thanksgiving dinner over the prospect of legalized Internet gambling.After more than a decade of hit-and-miss efforts ...
September 19, 2008 - Although there is much rejoice within the online gambling communities here in the United States due to this week's House Financial Services Committee approval (30-19 vote) of Barney Frank's (D-Mass) latest Bill HR 6870, There is still ...

Roll: Queen of Hearts

A team of famous women poker pros, celebrities and powerful executives will play for charities during a bracelet event at the World Series of Poker at the Rio. ¶ Ladies no-limit Hold 'em event, June 10-11, featuring a Poker Player's Alliance, the ...