May 29th, 2013
By Poker Players Alliance
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Weekly Update from Rich Muny, VP of Player Relations
As I mentioned last week, PPA will be at the World Series of Poker® this weekend to meet with the poker community. We have a booth at the Rio Convention Center this weekend, 6/21-6/24, and 7/5-7/9 (the opening days of the Main Event). I encourage you to stop by the booth to talk about the latest in the push for poker legislation, to find out what you can do to get more involved, and to renew your membership!
Please be sure to check the PPA Facebook page and Twitter feed often for up-to-the-minute info on everything we are doing at the WSOP. We will post real-time pictures and other updates directly from the event!
East Coast Gaming Congress
Last week, PPA Executive Director John Pappas attended the 17th Annual East Coast Gaming Congress (ECGC). The conference brought together casino CEOs, state lottery directors, gaming regulators, and Internet gaming companies to discuss the ever-expanding gaming marketplace from Ohio to Maine.
PPA was the title sponsor of the conference luncheon entitled, “Anatomy of Successful Legislation.” We were pleased that our New Jersey lobbying allies Princeton Public Affairs Group secured the Honorable John Burzichelli to be the luncheon’s keynote speaker.
The Honorable John Burzichelli and PPA Executive Director John Pappas
The two day conference was packed with informative panel discussions and networking opportunities. John kept the community apprised of conference highlights in real-time through the @ppapoker Twitter account, which I encourage everyone to follow:
The lottery director panel featuring representatives from DC, MD, MA, DE, and GA shed interesting light on the various directions states are looking to take their lotteries online. For example, the Georgia representative wants the lottery to have full online casino gaming and poker in his state, while Maryland is settling for traditional lottery games and is happy to let the state casinos offer other types of Internet gaming. Most of the directors signaled strong opposition to federal bills that would seek to limit their online offerings.
State regulators are facing numerous issues as well. Pennsylvania regulators are grappling with the opening of several new casinos in the Philadelphia area, and Massachusetts is still vetting potential applicants to see who will get licensed for that state’s three new casinos.
New Jersey regulators are welcoming public comment to their new Internet regulations, which will be published next month. They announced the appointment of Mario Galea, an Internet gaming consultant in Malta, to help that state launch online gaming before the end of the year. New Jersey hopes to flip the switch on Internet gaming by November.
The luncheon keynote offered by New Jersey Assemblyman Burzichelli was an enlightening account of how the state’s Internet gaming bill became law. Burzichelli was the lead sponsor of the bill in the Assembly and Raymond Lesniak was the leader in the state Senate. It was gratifying to hear the Assemblyman praise the public (i.e. poker players) for their outcry of support for the bill. He credits the bill success in part to the constituent outreach heard by so many of his colleagues, once again underscoring how grassroots activism can pay off big time in the poker debate!
Introducing ShareMyPair™
PPA is pleased to introduce ShareMyPair™ – The Social Networking App for Poker Players. This free app will forever change how poker players share stories about their greatest wins and their most devastating bad beats!
The app’s easy-to-use card and betting entry system automatically converts your memorable poker hands into animated videos that you can share with your Twitter followers and Facebook friends.
To view ShareMyPair in action, click here for an animated video.
The PPA is so excited about the ShareMyPair app that each day of the WSOP, we will retweet our favorite poker hands to our 15,000+ Twitter followers each day of the WSOP. To be considered for our WSOP Tweet of the Day, make sure to use the “@ppapoker” in your ShareMyPair tweet.
You’ll need the ShareMyPair app to get your hands retweeted by PPA, so download the free ShareMyPair app today from the iTunes Store by clicking here.
Share My Pair. Play it. Post it. Share it.™
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Interviews
Recent appearance:
- Poker Advocacy with Rich Muny on OnTilt Radio (5/27): I was joined by 2004 WSOP Main Event Champion Greg Raymer, Dan Michalski of Pokerati, and Shari Geller of Poker Player Newspaper for a great discussion on the upcoming World Series of Poker, federal and state poker legislation, and other poker issues. Listen and/or download the podcast here or on iTunes here.
Upcoming Appearances:
- The Poker Advocacy with Rich Muny webcast on OnTilt Radio airs live each Monday at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT. Listen live here.
- Webcast: “PPA Weekly Update” airs live each Sunday at 6:45 pm ET/3:45 pm PT on Fifth Street Radio. Listen live here.
Interview Archives:
- Poker Advocacy with Rich Muny: show archive, free iTunes download
- Fifth Street Radio PPA Weekly Update: site archive, free iTunes download
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