Poker Players Alliance: Heads are Going to Roll Says One

Poker Players Alliance: Heads are Going to Roll Says One Washington Insider

They promised 15 Republicans would be supporting H.R. 5767, then it was down to 10, 7, and when the vote finally came in on Wednesday, there was just ONE Republican who voted for the measure, said Gambling911.com's authoritative Washington insider, whose eyes and ears are everywhere on Capital Hill. He referred to the powerful million plus member strong Poker Players Alliance

Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act regulatory process - in essence, the online gambling prohibition would be placed on hold for at least a few months.

The smart operators know not to waste their time on lobbyists, said our insider. They (the lobbyists) are experts at getting people's money and they will suck these operators dry like vampires.

The PPA - while their intentions are good - has been behind the ball on many issues - specifically pushing worthwhile causes such as the Ron Paul Presidential campaign and The Interactive Media Entertainment Gaming Association's Supreme Court challenge against the Constitutionality of the UIGEA.

Poker Players Alliance members should be iMEGA members and vice versa, said Payton O'Brien, Operations Manager for the Gambling911.com website.

iMEGA members tend to be more on the sports betting side, something PPA heads thumb their nose at without realizing that the vast majority of sports bettors are also poker players. Likewise, the influential sports betting industry has a good five year leg up on the PPA when it comes to dealing with legislative affairs and online gambling. They were, after all, the industry pioneers. Many online sportsbooks have friends inside Washington that do not take a single dime from lobbyists. It was they who worked behind the scenes with the Clinton Administration to quietly self-regulate the industry.

Just don't rub it in our faces, then Attorney General, Janet Reno, was quoted as saying during her visit in Costa Rica.

Either ban all gambling on the internet or allow all gambling on the internet! exclaimed Jay Lakin, who spoke to our Jenny Woo last week.

The problem is that when politicians bring up the idea of gambling being immoral , there is not enough of a concerted effort to fight back with a response to the anti-online gambling zealots the likes of Spencer Bachus Why would you support a measure that legalizes online horse racing when you are so concerned over children betting on the Web?

The UIGEA, when it was passed, ensured a provision to make online horse racing legal. This exemption has made it difficult for banks to determine the difference between good online gambling vs. bad online gambling transactions .

iMEGA, which got reamed by Gambling911.com for its perceived reckless spending on public relations firms, announced they will no longer be utilizing the services of Ogilvy and thanked Gambling911.com for enlightening them with sound rationale.

I'll try not to feel completely hosed by some of the comments, growled the normally jovial Joe Brennan, Jr., founder of iMEGA.org

We reorganized our spending to focus on the area where we believe iMEGA can make the biggest difference. That is our appeal in the Third Circuit, asking the Court to overturn UIGEA.

An appeal the Poker Players Alliance has done little if nothing to support.

Brennan Jr, to his credit, applauds Barney Frank (author of H.R. 5767) for his efforts in helping Internet gambling.

We have stated our support for Rep. Barney Frank's legislation (HR 2046 and HR 5767), but rather than just be another voice in the crowd on that issue, we're focusing our resources on our litigation (iMEGA v. Gonzales, et al) instead of lobbying. To do otherwise weakens our effort in the Courts.

iMEGA's members and supporters have always believed that the best way to defeat UIGEA was in Federal Court. In Round One of our fight, the Court recognized our standing (which most of the industry and their attorneys said we'd never get). Our case was dismissed, but the Judge never addressed our arguments - that's why we're headed to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.

Brennan Jr. points to two main facets of iMEGA's efforts.

One, iMEGA's challenge has been accepted by the Appeals Court, and the Court has established our standing to bring suit on the behalf of our members and the i-gaming industry. And two, all i-gaming legislation in the US Congress has stalled, with no clear way forward. On balance, we feel good about where we're heading with our strategy.

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Christopher Costigan, Gambling911.com Publisher CCostigan@CostiganMedia.com

Yangzhou News Network s (Correspondent Jiangsu and Anhui - Along Hai Feng / AP) claimed that one can change card , control card of the poker training ads, the latest being affixed to the walls of the urban streets and lanes. Ads on the huge poker training and change card , control card, and identification card to attract a lot of the words the public eye. In unannounced visits to reporters found that this so-called training, like a gambling skills Professor Company.

Training people ad Liaodong

San Yuanqiao primary schools in the east of the alley, the reporter saw, cement wall Tiezhao a poker (new tactics) training, the small ad, A3 size of the ad by the Green Paper white two-color composition of the above India Man of the word, has a capitalization of the lower right corner , . Small ad along the lines of, various training courses teach skills in playing poker, such as changing licensing, control card, identification card, licensing, and so on. Overall, it is through learning, you can play poker at their own arbitrary want to get the licence.

In order to increase credibility, there are ads on both sides of a couplet, on the equitable access to the world wealth , Xia Lian is the art world can pay off, the bottom read, This ad real reliable, long-term effective! In addition, small ads Also written such as professional teacher licensing technology transfer , carrying poker, free to watch, with further study advertising language. In the advertisement above and below, the three left the same phone number, note on the bottom of the contact address and contact addresses for the import of Yangzhou Qichexizhan Shunxiang Museum, contact the teacher for the bears.

In addition, the ads also promote electronic remote control automatically change the board, the electronic card is changed, chemical medicine, Perspective cards, mahjong, Pai Kau, and so on. Finally also reminded all apparent seriousness: the use of entertainment, if gambling own risk.

Once Society won not only lose

Subsequently, the reporter calls the ad published on the phone, claiming to be advertising on the other side bears the teacher. According to his introduction, he is coming from the other side of Hunan, in Yangzhou specialized teaching poker techniques. If the master of the technology in gambling can be Baifabaizhong, pick-school students, you can look at the performance after learning, and teachers on the scene. Only a few dozen minutes of training time, tuition fees in general around 1,800 yuan. When a reporter asked to learn what specific things, the teachers Xiong said: If the bluff Golden Flower , can-every time you caught Shun-ching .

By phone, the reporter was informed that bears teacher living in West Point on the west Shunxiang hotel room 101. He therefore decided to will the magic Xiong teachers. According to agreed locations, the reporters came to this home to find 101 hotel rooms, hostels people

Members of that Lai Yi, said the training of Poker, living in hostels on the front of the hut. In accordance with the guidelines, this reporter went to training point , entered the house, saw a man wearing a suit the display card technology, the two series of stunning sitting opposite a man, also standing next to two women. See press access, display card technology is the man suddenly stopped down, reporters asked the first hall of the rest on a sofa.

Then the curtain room by the West after a man out, will be warmly invited reporters out. He told reporters, displaying the skills that bears licensing teachers, he is training other members, only to later time. About half an hour later, the man once again came to the previous reporter, Xiong said the teachers have taught End students, can now get. At the press ready to push into the door, two men and two women from inside Ruhuozhibao take out.

Reporter at the scene, Baishixueyi

Entered the house, Xiong see a teacher brought the Poker is not one, called reporters to buy a heavy roadside supermarket. A door to ask for upfront, want to learn what , received in reply to reporters after the Bears will take up a new teacher to buy a poker, washing the rereading the table, let s personally reshuffle, Licensing, I do not know what way their use, indeed its hands of the three chaos suddenly become a licence for one Spades JQK . Subsequently several reshuffle, he will become a licensing three K and three 5 , repeated tests several times without exception.

When a reporter asked the secret of teaching, Xiong said the teacher, as the licensing of technology there are two, one is the change card is to change their own hands the card out, school fees for 2,000 yuan. One is the control card , that is, to control their own licensing forever than others, school fees for 1,600 yuan. Bao Bao will learn, not because of the time, place and the failure of change. Absolute value of more than 1,000 yuan, you go out to a few outside the licensing of gambling on winning back. Xiong said the teacher, which is secret, he is also to learn from other people to The.

Xiong told reporters teachers, Yangzhou a total of four specialized training Poker, a few of his licence to the best technology. , Said that difficult to learn at technology licensing, could call on him to Chushan to help the winning play cards, Duzi by a reporter, winning, each of the two sides in the half. The teachers Xiong said after thinking for a while, if you want to ask him to Chushan, we must first become his disciple, or else he would not Chushan , it is impossible for a stranger to stop risky. He participated in many large Licensing Board, gambling on winning. Friends often asked him to Chushan playing cards, each person has, for example, Shanghai, Nantong, Hangzhou, and other places.

The magic of high tech products

In addition to teaching a variety of poker skills, and their small ad mentioned, Xiong teachers also sells a variety of so-called high tech products, according to his words,

Gambling is used when the old 1000.

These things are not ordinary things, the United States imports Bausch Lomb lens-thin, Perspective cards, mahjong licensing, monitoring computer scanning equipment. These high tech products, Xiong teachers praise, of course, open to its The price is also listening to scary. However, Xiong teachers to explain the price is value for money , Bengguan how much they cost, you buy back for gambling, certainly Nengzhuan come back. Xiong teacher but refused to see reporters the equipment.

-- Suspected of your price, Xiong said the teacher, he rented a house and spent so many people, of course, to make money. Although the business did not make, but bears have been showing teachers businessman unique enthusiasm, breaking up, has repeatedly said that the price can be discussed, he can come at any time, I call the long term, what we call or a door will do.

In the end is Du Shu or magic

Although enrollment in the ad, Ban Ban that only entertainment, if gambling, own risk, but when reporters found that in unannounced visits, to learn the most is not for entertainment or magic come from, but in order to Gambling in fishing for one. Mr. Gu De name a very straightforward: I see ads on teaching people to know is out the old 1000 , of the people is to go back and pull this.

For such a poker training and public security departments to a police officer surnamed Han in an interview with reporters, said it was in fact playing a Ca Bianqiu. Faced with this new phenomenon, of how the sanctions, there is no clear legal requirement. If indeed it is entertainment and magic understandable, but is involved in a gamble communication, teaching people how to make use of cards, mahjong, Pai gambling, and how to profit-making, public security departments will Yanchengbudai.

Industrial and commercial departments to reporters yesterday after consultation was informed that poker training, the agency did not hold in the business sector registered for unlicensed operation.