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Weekly Update from Rich Muny, VP of Player Relations
It has been a busy few weeks in the poker community, to be sure. With the Full Tilt Poker sale to PokerStars, the continued growth of the #Fight4Poker daily action plan, and growing momentum of poker legislation in Congress, we can all see the impact of our efforts.
I urge everyone to keep it up. The work we do at the grassroots is what keeps the pressure on Capitol Hill. This month, let’s all try to meet with our elected officials (or at least their staffs). They are home for the August recess and will be through September 7th, so it is a great time to make the visit. PPA Director of Grassroots and External Affairs Drew Lesofski sent you a letter on this important grassroots initiative last week (here), so I hope you have been giving it some serious thought.
Your congressman and both of your senators are home meeting with constituents, hosting town hall meetings, and attending local community events. This is a great opportunity for all of us to meet face-to-face with our lawmakers to discuss the importance of passing federal online poker legislation this year. It is also a great opportunity to express support for the game itself, be it online, bricks-and-mortar, home games, etc.
PPA has made scheduling meetings easy. Simply click here to find your elected representatives’ office phone numbers, addresses, and other information. When you call to set up your appointment, simply ask to speak with the lawmaker’s scheduler and ask to schedule a face to face meeting in the district office.
PPA has made meeting preparation easy as well. Simply click here for talking points, a summary of legislation in Congress (H.R. 2366, Rep. Barton’s Online Poker Act), and the recent letter from the Fraternal Order of Police to Congress in support of licensing and regulating online poker. You can print them in either color or in black and white. With that, all you will have to do is tell your lawmakers that you support online poker and that they should too. It will not be a debate. Rather, they will seek to hear you out as a constituent.
Should you have any questions prior to attending your meeting, please feel free to respond to this email with your questions and someone from the PPA will contact you.
Data from the Poker Survey
I thank the thousands of players and enthusiasts who participated in the poker survey. We gathered data that will be of great use in the fight going forward. I had the chance to interview the team behind the survey on my weekly show, Poker Advocacy with Rich Muny. We discussed the results, which included some surprises. I encourage you to check that discussion out via the MP3 download here or the free iTunes download here.
Utah Activist Outreach
Drew Lesofski, our aforementioned Director of Grassroots and External Affairs, was on vacation last week in Utah. Seizing upon the opportunity, PPA State Director Donna Lawton invited him to a local bar poker game in the town of Ogden, where she introduced him to many of the local players and poker activists.
They all had a great discussion of the issues poker players are facing in Utah. Many of the players were PPA members and were pleased to have a representative from the PPA National Office speak with them and answer their questions in person.
Donna Lawton and Drew Lesofski
Nice turnout at the August 12th Ogden, Utah game
Card Player Cruises Offers Booking Bonus to PPA Members
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Interviews
Upcoming Appearances:
- The Poker Advocacy with Rich Muny webcast airs live each Monday, at 8 pm ET, on OnTilt Radio (listen live here). Follow the program on Facebook at facebook.com/PokerAdvocacy, and on Twitter at @PokerAdvocacy. The show site is ontiltradio.com/ppa. My guest on 8/20 will be Wendeen Eolis of Poker Player Newspaper.
- Webcast: “PPA Weekly Update” airs live each Tuesday at 9:45 pm ET on Fifth Street Radio (listen live here.
Recent Appearances:
- OnTilt Radio: “Poker Advocacy with Rich Muny.” I was joined by Larry Gibbs and Jim Quigley from the U.S. Gaming Survey for a great discussion on the U.S. Poker Survey. (8/13) (listen here or on iTunes here).
- The Scotty Clark Show: I sat down with Scotty Clark to discuss the Full Tilt Poker remission process and the broader poker advocacy effort (8/12) (listen here, I come on at time point 0:90:30).
- Fifth Street Radio: PPA Executive Director John Pappas sat down with host Mark Hoke to discuss the Full Tilt Poker remission process and poker advocacy (8/8) (listen here…John comes on at time point 0:43:00 of Part 1).
Interview Archives:
- Poker Advocacy with Rich Muny: show site, show archive, free iTunes download
- Fifth Street Radio PPA Weekly Update: site archive, free iTunes download
- Short Stacked Radio — prior PPA Weekly Updates: site archive
Thank you for your continued support!
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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.
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