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[WA] PNWLocalNews – Poker players say legal deck stacked against them (05/21/08)

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May 22nd, 2008
By Daniel Mooney

Poker players say legal deck stacked against them – PNWLocalNews

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Some call it luck. Players call it skill. Neither on May 15 could change the fact that it’s illegal to play the game of poker for money online in the state of Washington.

Washington poker players lost a hand at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent when King County Superior Court Judge Mary Roberts ruled to uphold a 2006 law that made online gambling a Class C felony.

More than 50 members of the Poker Players Alliance, called the PPA, gathered alongside prominent poker pros Barry Greenstein and Andy Bloch outside of the Justice Center after the hearing Thursday. Wearing red “POKER IS NOT A CRIME” T-shirts and holding up signs with messages like “END POKER PROHIBITION,” they were there in support of Renton attorney Lee Rousso, the poker aficionado who started the legal battle against the constitutionality of the law.

Author Contact Info: Daniel Mooney

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