Listen to Dino Rossi (R-WA) discuss the state’s online poker ban and state that he would sign legislation repealing it:
 

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The Poker Players Alliance will be posting accounts of PPA members defending poker in their state. Here is the latest information from Lee Rousso, PPA State Representative of Washington, who is filing legal action against the State of Washington.
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PRESS RELEASE

Friday, July 6, 2007, marks the opening day of the Main Event at the World Series of Poker, the world’s richest and most prestigious competitive event.Many of the competitors in the WSOP will be from Washington and most of the Washington entrants will have qualified on the internet, thereby committing a felony under this state’s internet poker ban (or, more broadly, as discussed in the Complaint, internet gambling ban) in order to win a chance at poker immortality. (more…)

Dear Washington State PPA Members,

I wanted to let you know that lawmakers in your state are taking the right steps to roll back the new Washington law that makes it a criminal offense to play poker on the Internet.  The Poker Players Alliance supports the bill introduced by State Representative Chris Strow House Bill 1243 which would remove the criminal penalties from playing games of skill online like poker.
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