Poker Players Alliance and Daniel Negreanu Team to Offer Free Poker Instruction Column to All PPA Members
By PPA Administrator
Monday, May 19th, 2008
Press Releases
PPA Unveils Enhanced Website, Membership Benefits
By PPA Administrator
Monday, May 19th, 2008
Poker Players Alliance’s World Series Of Poker® 2008 Promotional Sweepstakes – Official Rules
By A E Hartman
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
[WA] PPA to Hold Rally outside King County Superior Court
By Poker Players Alliance
Wednesday, May 7th, 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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Poker Players Alliance Reaches Million Member Milestone
By Poker Players Alliance
Monday, April 21st, 2008
Organization Launches Voter Registration Program and PAC
Washington, D.C. (April 22, 2008) “ Over one million poker enthusiasts are members of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group. The organization, which is committed to protecting the rights of individuals to play poker, announced this significant milestone today as it also launched a voter registration program and its political action committee (PAC).
Alfonse D’Amato Statement on House Hearing on UIGEA
By Poker Players Alliance
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Contact:
Teresa Schofield
(202) 347-7516
tschofield@theheraldgroup.com
Poker Players Alliance Statement on House Hearing on UIGEA
Washington, D.C. (April 2, 2008)- Former Senator Alfonse D’Amato, chairman of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group comprised of almost one million online and offline poker players nationwide, issued the following statement on today’s hearing before the House Financial Services Committee hearing on the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA).
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PPA Recap on UIGEA Hearing
By Poker Players Alliance
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Today, the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing to discuss the UIGEA regulations and the burden it imposes on the financial services industry. By all accounts the hearing was a huge success that verified what the PPA and others have been saying all along: prohibition does not work. It also reaffirmed our position that there is no federal statute that would preclude someone from playing a game of skill, like poker, on the Internet.
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PPA Launches Litigation Support Network
By Poker Players Alliance
Monday, March 24th, 2008
For Immediate Release
March 24, 2008
Contact:
Taylor Gross
(202) 347-7943
tgross@theheraldgroup.com
Program will provide legal advice, attorney referrals for members
Washington, D.C. (March 24, 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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Poker is Not a Crime: Poker Players Rally to Fight MA Poker Ban
By Poker Players Alliance
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
For Immediate Release
March, 18, 2008
Contact:
Taylor Gross
(202) 347-7943
tgross@theheraldgroup.com
Washington, D.C. (March 18, 2008) – Poker players from across Massachusetts today held a rally outside of the Massachusetts State House to protest a provision in Governor Deval Patrick’s casinos bill that makes playing poker on the internet with other adults a crime punishable by jail time. The rally was organized by the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group comprised of almost one million online and offline poker players nationwide, and held in prior to a hearing before the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies focused on H 4307, the Massachusetts Casino Expansion Bill.
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