May 29th, 2015
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Weekly Update from Rich Muny, VP of Player Relations
I have good news to share. Yesterday, the California State Assembly Appropriations Committee unanimously agreed to move AB 431, the bill to license online poker in that state, forward. This comes on the heels of last month’s unanimous vote on this bill in the California Assembly Governmental Operations Committee. The next major step, presuming the various stakeholders come to consensus, is a vote before the full Assembly sometime this summer. In the meantime, we expect informational hearings held jointly by the Assembly and Senate in June and July. While this is great news, there are hurdles ahead. Not all the aforementioned stakeholders are in agreement yet. Interestingly, there is very little opposition to the concept of online poker in the CA legislature. Rather, the fighting is between various pro-poker factions. Fortunately, there has been movement in this area over the past year. We hope this continues, as it makes the most sense for all parties — especially the players. PPA at WSOP
PPA is at the World Series of Poker™, at the Rio Hotel & Casino, through Sunday. Please be sure to stop by the PPA WSOP Booth to chat with Director of Membership & PokerPAC Bryan Spadaro and Information Technology Manager Randy Lau about the latest in the push for poker, all PPA is doing, and what members can do to support the fight for poker! 
Randy Lau at the PPA WSOP Booth Randy Lau and I will man the booth the following weekend, June 5th through June 7th. For the Main Event, PPA will be at the booth June 29th through July 8th. If you are in town for the WSOP, we look forward to meeting you there! PPA WSOP Seat Giveaway
Thanks to everyone who participated in PPA’s #Fight4Poker Vine video contest. The contest had a terrific turnout. We appreciate everyone who took the time to film their Vine. We are happy to announce our two winners, who will each receive an entry to the Colossus Event at the WSOP on Saturday. Please join us in wishing Luke S. and Jake R. the best of Disappointed that you didn’t win a Colossus buy-in? Well, we are not done yet. Be sure to enter PPA’s two additional WSOP bracelet event buy-in contests today! PPA is giving away two more buy-ins to the Little One for One Drop. The first way to enter is simply to visit our contest page and enter your information for our email contest. One randomly selected winner will be chosen on June 23rd for their chance to play in the June 30th Little one for One Drop event #61. The second way to enter is via an in-person contest at the PPA WSOP Booth at the Rio. PPA will have a step and repeat banner set up. All you have to do is snap a picture in front of the banner. Once you have your picture, simply either tweet it to @PPAPoker, using the hashtag #Fight4Poker or post it publicly to your Facebook page using the same hashtag. 
Bryan Spadaro in front of contest background One randomly selected winner will be chosen on June 23rd. For contest rules and details, please visit our main WSOP contest page. We hope you will take advantage of PPA’s desire to give back to the poker players who help protect the game we love by entering our contest today! NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS SWEEPSTAKES. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. ALL PRIZES ARE GUARANTEED TO BE AWARDED. FOR FULL CONTEST RULES VISIT /wsop2015rules/. This sweepstakes is void where prohibited by law, including without limitation, jurisdictions requiring registration, filing, trust accounting, the posting of a bond, or any other requirements or disclosures that are not expressly satisfied by these rules. In any conflict between the official rules as contained herein and any official rules set by the supplier of the sweepstakes software, the rules contained herein shall be controlling. Webcast: Poker Advocacy with Rich Muny
On this week’s Poker Advocacy with Rich Muny, in an encore webcast, I was joined by professional poker player Maria Ho for a terrific chat on women in poker and overall poker advocacy. This was followed by a panel chat with activists Curtis Woodard and Gail Schiffli on a CA online poker hearing that was held the day prior to the show’s original airing, and the need for poker advocacy. You won’t want to miss this.
Poker Advocacy with Rich Muny airs live Tuesdays at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT on OnTilt Radio. Each show features great guests and the best discussion on poker legislation. Please be sure to tune in every Tuesday evening at www.ontiltradio.com. Social Media
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