PPA To Hold Rally in Washington State

Posted on May 10, 2008

Lee Rousso, PPA’s Washington State Director, will present his case to the King Country Superior Court on May 15th, and the PPA will hold a rally and press conference outside the courthouse immediately following the hearing.
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WA Gubernatorial Candidate Opposes Poker Ban

Posted on April 30, 2008

Dino Rossi, a democratic candidate for the Governor's office in Washington state, vehemently opposes the UIGEA and his state's poker ban, expressing his discontent with the law in a radio interview.
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Congress Calls For Stop to UIGEA

Posted on April 23, 2008

The Chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services and other leading committee members are seeking broad support for new legislation that would stop the U.S. government from taking any steps to implement regulations that require U.S. financial institutions to police Internet gambling. Testimony before Congress earlier this month clearly showed that the proposed rules to implement the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA) are ambiguous and also not likely to stop millions of Americans from gambling online.
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Bill Introduced to Block UIGEA Enforcement

Posted on April 12, 2008

Barney Frank is at it again, and this time he introduced a bill to block the enforcement of the UIGEA. The bill, H.R. 5756, would "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."
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Experts Testify Against Gambling Ban

Posted on April 4, 2008

Expert testimony to Congress today offered further evidence that the ban on Internet gambling won't work. Witnesses unanimously agreed that U.S. financial service companies would face serious regulatory burdens in attempting to enforce the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA), a law that is not likely to stop millions of Americans from gambling online.
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USA Misses Deadline for WTO Proposal

Posted on April 2, 2008

In an unsurprising development, the USA missed a deadline to put forward a proposal to help settle the now five year long online gaming dispute filed by Antigua and Barbuda with the WTO.
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Congressional Hearing Scheduled for UIGEA

Posted on March 31, 2008

Jeffrey Sandman, spokesperson for the Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative, will be available to update media and comment on the hearing, "Proposed UIGEA Regulations: Burden without Benefit?" in the House Committee on Financial Service's Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology. The hearing will explore the burden on U.S. financial institutions to comply with the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA).
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Competitive Enterprise Institute Bashes UIGEA

Posted on March 27, 2008

Hoping to be seen to be “doing something” about the perceived problem of Internet gambling, Congress approved the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) in October of 2006.1 The Act, however, seems unlikely to stop Internet gambling and could even threaten the stable, smooth operation of America’s banking system. UIGEA and its currently proposed enabling regulations will undermine the financial privacy of all Americans and reduce the security of their bank accounts. In short, UIGEA makes almost no financial, social, or economic sense. It deserves reexamination.
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PPA Launches Litigation Support Network

Posted on March 26, 2008

The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group, today launched its Litigation Support Network. This free member service will provide basic, initial legal advice as well as refer members to a network of attorneys who have expressed interest in helping PPA members with poker-related legal issues.
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Antigua Threatens US Over Ignored Claim

Posted on March 20, 2008

The government of Antigua is likely to abrogate intellectual property treaties with the U.S. by the end of March and authorize wholesale copying of American movies, music and other 'soft targets' if the Bush administration fails to respond to proposals for settling a trade dispute between the two counties, according to the lawyer representing the Caribbean island nation.
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