National Poker Week

[Manne]

Former US Senator Alphonse D'Amato, chairman of the Poker Players Alliance appropriately chose the current 40th Anniversary World Series of Poker to announce National Poker Week, which will take place from July 19 to 25 this (2009) year.

Throughout the week, the PPA will be organising telephone and email campaigns to Congressional offices so that poker players across the country can make their voice heard. Poker players should visit National Poker Week to learn how they can be an advocate for the game during National Poker Week.

[bloodluver]

i think national poker week is awesome i have played in a couple of full tilts ppa tourneys and am a proud signer of the ppa not to get too political here i feel that if ne pres will do something about the online poker bs that has been going on i think that obama will b the one to do so

[madness222]

wow! that's great, thanks for the updates...

[Manne]

Professional and amateur poker players from around the country are come to Washington this week to get Congress to regulate and tax online poker.

I hope they are listening!!

[David]

Poker is Not a Crime!!!

[Manne]

During the National Poker Week held in Washington D.C. from July 19-25, the PPA held 110 meetings with various Congressman and their staff. The major message delivered in those meetings was that licensing and regulation were the way forward for online poker. They believe that the meetings all went extremely well and were confident that they managed to positively sway opinion during the meetings.

[Manne]

In breaking news from Capitol Hill, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) will introduce legislation to license and regulate online poker in the United States on Thursday, according to Dow Jones Newswires.