Proposed internet poker ban in MA

[Tuff_Fish]

Some thoughts:

The good folks in New England need to do as was just done in DC. Get a bunch of people together in Boston, get good press, get into the state pols' offices and offer great help to anyone seeming friendly and offer great opposition to those who are against us.

One tactic to consider is to offer lots of help (in volunteers and money, BUT YOU GOTTA DELIVER) to supporters of the bill IF they will slip in a provision that explicitly allows online poker, INCLUDING HOSTING, while explicitly prohibiting other online gambling. Use the same arguments as are being used for the Wexler bill.

Money talks, volunteers talk louder, and BS walks in these kinds of things. (I learned a tidbit while I was DC [img]/images/graemlins/ooo.gif[/img])

There are x number of serious and semi serious online poker players in your region. If they all gave $10 to 10 favorable candidates, and pledged 10 volunteer hours manning telephones, ringing doorbells, posting literature, etc, on "our" candidate's behalf, we would soon have sanctioned online poker in MA with the participation of other states where "not prohibited by law".

Sweeten the deal for the pols a bit with a 1% rake surcharge on every pot, and it would happen! The 1% rake would generate money coming from out of state into state....YES!! (So thinks the politician. It was ever thus)

This is an opportunity folks. There is a pro casino, pro gambling bill made to order as a vehicle for shoe horning a pro online poker provision onto.

BUT IT WON'T COME FREE!

Now get to work.

Tuff