A Pro-Poker Question for President Obama
The White House
announced that President Obama will answer questions submitted by the American people at a post-State of the Union interview on January 30th. The deadline to submit questions is January 28th at midnight ET, so let’s all vote up questions in support of licensing online poker now!
To participate, simply go to the White House YouTube page
here. Be sure to log into to your YouTube account (or easily create one). Under “About”, enter the word “Poker” into the search field and hit search (see the screenshot below). Look for the video post by PPA Executive Director John Pappas and hit the thumbs up. It’s that easy!
Ask the White House to Support Poker
Immediately following this evening’s State of the Union speech, a live panel featuring senior White House advisors answering questions about the President’s speech will be taking questions directly from
Twitter. This is a good opportunity for us to tweet pro-poker questions.
To participate, simply visit
www.Twitter.com, ensure you’re logged in (or easily create an account), and either tweet this question or make up your own (be sure to use these two hashtags: #WHChat and #SOTU):
@BarackObama: Will you back licensing of Internet #poker to protect consumers and create jobs & revenue without raising taxes? #WHChat #SOTU
Then on Friday, January 27th at 3:00 PM ET, the White House will again answer your Twitter questions. We encourage you to either tweet this question or make up your own (again, be sure to use these two hashtags: #WHChat and #SOTU):
#WHChat #SOTU: Will consumer protection be strengthened by US regulation of Internet #poker rather than the current unregulated market?
Your tweet will be directed to Brian Deese, Deputy Director National Economic Council who has oversight over U.S. consumer protection policy. Please make sure your voice is heard!
Weekly Update from Rich Muny, VP of Player Relations
I have great news to share with everyone. The
Senate Indian Affairs Committee is holding another hearing to examine the impact of Internet gaming, this one entitled “
OVERSIGHT HEARING on the U.S. Department of Justice Opinion on Internet Gaming: What’s at Stake for Tribes?” The hearing will be held on Thursday, February 9th at 2 PM ET (more info here).
These continued hearings are hard evidence of the great work the poker community has been doing to ensure our elected representatives hear from us. I thank everyone for taking the steps necessary to ensure our elected representatives understand that we poker enthusiasts will not back down and will not simply go away!
In other news, continuing our efforts to win supporters from both sides of the aisle, PPA will be attending the
Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington D.C. for the fourth consecutive year. The conference will be Feb. 9th – 11th in Washington, D.C. at the Marriott Wardman Park.
PPA Executive Director John Pappas, PPA Director of Grassroots and External Affairs Drew Lesofski, PPA Board Member and 2004 WSOP Champion Greg Raymer, and I will be there. We will have a booth in the exhibition hall. I hope everyone in the D.C. area will drop by to meet us and share your thoughts on the fight for poker!
John Pappas debating anti-poker activist John Kindt at CPAC 2011
Greg Raymer and me at the 2011 PPA CPAC Poker Tournament
Interviews
PPA comes before poker media to take on the tough questions as often as possible. I hope you will find these interesting and informative. This past week’s interviews focused on efforts on Capitol Hill and on steps the poker community can take to advocate for our right to play.
Upcoming appearances:
- Webcast: “Poker Advocacy with Rich Muny” airs live each Monday at 8:30 PM ET on OnTilt Radio (listen live here).
- Webcast: “Short Stacked Radio’s PPA Weekly Update” airs live each Tuesday evening at 9:30 ET (listen live here).
Recent appearances:
- OnTilt Radio: Poker Advocacy with Rich Muny, with guest PPA Director of Grassroots and External Affairs Drew Lesofski (1/23/2012) (listen here).
- Short Stacked Radio: I come on at time point 1:32:38 (1/17/12) (listen here).
- Website: Poker Advocacy with Rich Muny, with webcast archive (here)
Thank you for your continued support!
The PPA wishes to keep active members like yourself updated on the latest poker advocacy news by periodically sending out select events and headlines. We hope you find it informative and thank you for your continuing support.
