January 24th, 2014
By Poker Players Alliance
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Weekly Update from Rich Muny, VP of Player Relations
I have great news to share. Yesterday, PPA Executive Director John Pappas spoke with the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section of the Department of Justice regarding Full Tilt Poker victim remission. He was informed that roughly 30,000 undisputed player petitions totaling $82 million have been approved.
Players with undisputed petitions should be on the lookout for an email with instructions on how to receive payment from claims administrator Garden City Group. The DoJ could not provide John with a definitive date on when these emails will go out or when payments will be processed, but it looks like it will be in advance of their March 31st deadline.
The question of affiliates and red pros remains unresolved for now. The DoJ and Garden City Group report that they are diligently working on this. We expect they will be sharing news with this affected class soon. As they shared in a prior update, there will be a new filing window for those players.
There is still no timeline for disputed petitions. Garden City Group is working on those and hopes more info will be available once the undisputed funds are released. FTP players who have not yet filed a petition can still file; those petitions will be considered.
Anti-Online Poker State Attorneys General Letter
Last week, I shared with you the news that legislation to ban online poker nationwide, the Internet Gambling Control Act, has been drafted and may be introduced in the next few weeks. PPA has since learned that Sands Corp. / Venetian Casino and its CEO, Sheldon Adelson, are asking all fifty state attorneys general to sign a letter that, while cleverly worded to sound as if it merely seeks clarification of the scope of the Wire Act, is actually in support of the ban bill.
Fortunately, many attorneys general have not committed to sign this letter and we want to keep it that way. Attorneys general letters have been used by our opponents in Congressional lobbying in the past, so I encourage everyone to do their part to keep the number of AG signatures to a minimum!
Take Action: Twitter
Please visit the PPA Attorneys General Letter Action Page for information and for prefilled tweets for all fifty state attorneys general asking them not to sign the letter calling for a national ban on online poker. These tweets were just updated yesterday, so please be sure to tweet all of them!
Take Action: Email
Ten state attorneys general have agreed to sign the letter calling for a national ban on online poker (and other online gaming), even state-authorized intrastate online poker:
Arizona AG Tom Horne
Hawaii AG David Louie
Michigan AG Bill Schuette
Missouri AG Chris Koster
Montana AG Tim Fox |
Nebraska AG Jon Bruning
North Dakota AG Wayne Stenehjem
South Carolina AG Alan Wilson
South Dakota AG Marty Jackley
Wyoming AG Peter Michael |
- If your state AG has AGREED to sign the online poker ban letter, please take 60 seconds to send him/her the following prewritten, fully editable letter asking for reconsideration & withdrawal of the signature HERE.
- If your state AG has NOT AGREED to sign the online poker ban letter, please take 60 seconds to send him/her the following prewritten, fully editable letter asking him/her not to sign on HERE.
Maryland Update
Great News! Maryland House Bill 305 has been introduced by Delegate Kirill Reznik and referred to the Ways and Means Committee. This bill will allow Marylanders to host and play in home poker games.
Marylanders: please watch your inbox for updates and action alerts about HB305.
Join PPA
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Webcast: Poker Advocacy with Rich Muny
The Poker Advocacy with Rich Muny webcast airs live most Monday at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT on OnTilt Radio. This week, the show features a re-airing on a terrific panel discussion with Marco Valerio, Dan Cypra of PocketFives, and Alarm Man Tom of On Tilt Radio.
If you missed the live webcast, I hope you will listen to or download the free podcast and check it out. It is available as a directly downloadable MP3 file (right click to save, left click to listen) or as a free iTunes download.
Each show features great guests and the best discussion on poker legislation. Please be sure to tune in each Monday evening for the live webcast!
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