Re: Antigua\'s WTO Case Getting Some Coverage
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Perhaps no lobbyists in town are watching it more closely than the team at Black Swan LLC, a new lobbying enterprise that represents the Antigua Online Gaming Association, a group that first encouraged its government to bring the case to the WTO and the industry that could profit the most from the case.....
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Could someone clarify the lobbying rights foreign entities have? Why doesn't Stars and FT hire the baddest lobbying agencies in town?
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They have.
They also provide a good amount of both money and pros for the PPA. The fact that PS and FT (with others) have in effect help build an organization for the players is a step beyond.
My complaint is "we the players" haven't done all we can with that tool. Most have sat back and waited for others to carry the water. The PPA currently has less than one out of thirty self identified poker players as its members, also less than one out of fifteen self identified on-line players.
In "Field of Dreams" terms they've help build it, and we've come, some, but the players are not as invested enough yet IMO. According to the reports the money spent on fundraising has been almost equal to the amount taken in. So the freerolls are accounted in the budgets, at least the early ones.
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