Weekly Update from Rich Muny, VP of Player Relations I hope you have had a chance to read the update you received from PPA yesterday highlighting PC World’s very favorable review of the poker community’s social networking activism. Our efforts were mentioned alongside Arab Spring and other world events of great significance. We poker enthusiasts are clearly...

Tweet President Obama Your Pro-Poker Question Today!   Today at 3:00 PM, ET, the White House will be using Twitter to answer follow up questions to the President’s State of the Union speech he delivered on Tuesday. To ensure your voice is heard, log in to your Twitter account (or easily create one) and send a pro-poker Tweet using these three...

The White House announced that President Obama will answer questions submitted by the American people at a post-State of the Union interview on January 30th. The deadline to submit questions is January 28th at midnight ET, so let’s all vote up questions in support of licensing online poker now! To participate, simply go to the White House YouTube page here. Be...

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Weekly Update from Rich Muny, VP of Player Relations Poker continues to gain ground on Capitol Hill! On Monday, Gambling Compliance reported some excellent news (click here, subscription required) in an article entitled Reid Says DoJ Opinion Gives Congress Incentive for Internet Poker Bill. The article quotes Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) as follows:...

In order to get a legal perspective on the Full Tilt Poker allegations, PokerNews caught up with Maurice “Mac” VerStandig, an associate from Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law in the mid-Atlantic region, who is a litigator with extensive knowledge of the gaming industry and the laws governing monetary fraud, and with extensive knowledge on Ponzi schemes. In...