PokerNews.com – [Video] Interview with Wayne Allen Root (06/20/08)
June 2nd, 2008
Poker Players Alliance News
[CA] PokerPages – California Intrastate Online Poker Legalization Bill Goes to State Senate (06/02/08)
June 2nd, 2008
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The California Gambling Control/ Intrastate Online Poker Legalization Act (AB 2026, authored by Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, D-Van Nuys) passed another historic legislative milestone on May 29 as the bill advanced from the Assembly floor to the State Senate for action. Within the next week, the Senate Rules Committee will assign the bill to the appropriate Committee in the upper house for consideration.
Bluff Media – Fight the Power: Interview with PPA's John Pappas (05/30/08)
May 31st, 2008
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Lobbying in Washington is a thankless task. Time and again, John Pappas has plead his case and that of poker players across the United States to the men and women who make the laws of the land, only to find himself forced to plead again. Still, his efforts aren’t going unnoticed; his organization, the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) now boasts over 1 million members. I sat down with Pappas to talk about poker, politics and everything in between.
PPA Updates from 2008 WSOP
May 30th, 2008
Read the latest news from the PPA as poker players from all over the country celebrate America’s card game and tell Congress that Poker is Not a Crime.
ABC News – Rep's Son Goes 'Nuts' In Online Poker Game (05/30/08)
May 30th, 2008
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Jim Moran had the nuts the whole time.
Not the longtime Democratic congressman from Virginia, Rep. Jim Moran — but his 39-year-old son, Jim Jr., a Washington, D.C. area regional manager for Dominos Pizza and online poker aficionado.
How do you know Moran had the nuts? His pal posted a YouTube video of him screaming, “I had the nuts the whole time!” (In this case, “the nuts” are a pair of queens. The term is used in poker to refer to an unbeatable hand.)
[NY] Times Union – Update: Albany poker club site shut down (05/27/08)
May 30th, 2008
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ALBANY – A social club that was hosting underground poker games was shut down by the city today, two days after a group of armed men robbed the game and some 40 players of their money and jewelry.
The city’s order was tacked to the door of the Azzurri social club at 192 North Allen St., stating the location was being used “as a gambling club” with no certificate of occupancy or building permit.
PocketFives – Lee Rousso Appears on the PocketFives.com Podcast (05/26/08)
May 30th, 2008
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The pulse of the online poker world has been centered in the Pacific Northwest in recent weeks. In the great state of Washington, former horse racing handicapper turned lawyer Lee Rousso has carried the banner for online poker, attempting to overturn a heinous state law that makes playing online poker a Class C felony, the equivalent of being convicted of child pornography. In a hearing on May 15th, a judge ultimately sided with the State; however, Rousso plans to appeal directly to the Washington State Supreme Court. Rousso joins the PocketFives.com Podcast this week to talk about the law in question and his vision of the future.
