PPA Chairman Former Senator Alfonse D’Amato Testifies before theHouse Subcommittee on Licensing and Regulating Online Poker
Washington, DC (October 25, 2011)
– Former Senator Alfonse D’Amato, Chairman of thePoker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than onemillion members nationwide, today testified before the House Energy and CommerceSubcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade on the importance of licensing andregulating online poker to protect American consumers.“With so many issues before Congress, we are encouraged that ensuring player protections for online poker was raised for consideration by this committee,” said, Chairman D’Amato. “ClearlyCongress is hearing the voices of the thousands of poker players across the country who haveexpressed their frustration at the government’s actions to restrict their personal freedom to playthis great game.”In his testimony, Senator D’Amato noted that millions of Americans have been playing poker onthe Internet for almost 10 years, and events like the DOJ indictments on April 15, 2011,otherwise known as “Black Friday”, have only served to fuel players’ frustration over thisinfringement of their rights. Since Black Friday, players have sent over 80,000 letters and emailsand have engaged in countless more social network and personal contacts directly to members of Congress asking for a licensed and regulated U.S. online poker industry. Not only would thiscreate a safe environment for consumers, it would also create a pathway for tens of thousands of U.S. jobs and tens of billions of dollars in federal and state revenue at a time when the U.S.economy needs it most.D’Amato continued, “The grassroots outreach efforts undertaken by our members has been phenomenal and is a key force in keeping this debate alive. We are now entering our seventhmonth since the DOJ’s actions and, if anything, our voice is only growing stronger. This trulyspeaks to the dedication of average Americans across the country to ensuring their personalfreedoms are restored.”In addition to direct outreach to Congress, players have taken to social media outlets such asTwitter and various poker forums to voice their support of licensing and regulating online poker.Players recently asked so many poker-related questions for President Obama’s Twitter TownHall that it became one of the most prominently raised issues, as reflected in the resultingAssociated Press coverage. In addition, the White House’s “We the People” petitionsite hadover 8,000 signatures to license and regulate online poker, far exceeding the necessary 5,000signatures to ensure review by the Administration.In concluding his testimony, D’Amato urged that Congress stop the outsourcing of consumer protections, jobs and revenue to foreign countries and instead create a safe, regulated
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Washington, DC (October 25, 2011) – Former Senator Alfonse D’Amato, Chairman of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, today testified before the House Energy…
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