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Re: X-Post: Fight for Online Gaming!! Support the Frank Bill Here
The PPA has created a simple-to-use auto-emailer to support the Frank bill (HR 2046, IGREA). ( PPA auto-mailer ) It will take less than one minute. Barney Frank says if each congressman receives 500 letters from constituents, he'll be able to get IGREA through his committee. Thanks.
------------------------------------------ As a constituent and voter in your district, I am writing to ask you to support and co-sponsor HR 2046 – the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act of 2007. In 2006, my right to play poker -- a legendary game of skill that dates back centuries -- was assaulted simply because I chose to exercise that right online. Now, that right will be denied permanently unless Congress takes action. I am counting on you to help restore my rights by supporting HR 2046. If HR 2046 passes into law, online poker will be safe, secure and regulated. The bill creates stringent licensing regulations for poker operators, so it will protect consumers and poker players alike. The bill also has rigorous protections against illegal gambling, underage gambling, and compulsive gambling. But it doesn’t force any state to accept online gaming – it will simply allow any currently legal gaming to take place online. States and sports leagues can opt out completely if they wish. What’s important to me is your support for restoring my rights. Please respond to this letter, and let me know if you will support and co-sponsor HR 2046. I will be watching your actions on this bill closely. I hope that I -- and thousands of other poker fans in your district -- can count on your support. Sincerely, TheEngineer |
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Re: X-Post: Fight for Online Gaming!! Support the Frank Bill Here
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Mods: Can we sticky this for the month of May [/ QUOTE ] Yes, yes we can. Thanks for the work you put into this. The Rest, CALL/WRITE/EMAIL NOW |
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Re: X-Post: Fight for Online Gaming!! Support the Frank Bill Here
If this bill does no go forth, and you did not make any effort to write to your congressman/local newspaper, then you may not complain about the current situation of poker, its that simple.
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Re: X-Post: Fight for Online Gaming!! Support the Frank Bill Here
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If this bill does no go forth, and you did not make any effort to write to your congressman/local newspaper, then you may not complain about the current situation of poker, its that simple. [/ QUOTE ] So true, great post. |
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Re: X-Post: Fight for Online Gaming!! Support the Frank Bill Here
Done.
This took about a minute guys. Get on it |
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Re: X-Post: Fight for Online Gaming!! Support the Frank Bill Here
ill be back in the US in a few days and ill make sure to do this as soon as i can.
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Re: X-Post: Fight for Online Gaming!! Support the Frank Bill Here
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ill be back in the US in a few days and ill make sure to do this as soon as i can. [/ QUOTE ] unless you need to return home to find your name and address, your current physical location is irrelevant. Just fill out the form. |
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Re: X-Post: Fight for Online Gaming!! Support the Frank Bill Here
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[ QUOTE ] Mods: Can we sticky this for the month of May [/ QUOTE ] Yes, yes we can. Thanks for the work you put into this. The Rest, CALL/WRITE/EMAIL NOW [/ QUOTE ] Thanks! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] |
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Re: X-Post: Fight for Online Gaming!! Support the Frank Bill Here
Fight for Online Gaming!! -- Plan for week of 6/11 & 6/18
Would you like to fight for your rights to play poker online? If so, please see Fight for Online Gaming!! -- Weekly action thread on the Legislation board. Thanks. P.S. Let's keep all the discussion in the main thread in Legislation. ---------------------------------------- Well, we're gaining some momentum! We have a long way to go, but it's great to see progress. Robert Wexler will introduce a "skills game" exception to UIGEA today. Also, IGREA is gaining some steam. The hearing is tomorrow, so there's some real progress. Also, HR 2140, Rep. Shelley Berkley's [D-NV] Internet gambling study bill, is progressing with 60 cosponsors. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has indicated his support for the study bill. Finally, the UIGEA regulations are due on 7/10. Our opponents are complaining that the regs aren't "tough" enough, so we have an opportunity there. It seems there's a lot we can be doing right now. And, we really need to do it RIGHT NOW. So, based on our group discussions, let's do the following: <font color="brown"> 1. Please contact your congressman and senators by phone and by mail and ask them to support and cosponsor the Wexler poker bill (let's wait until it's out first, so we don't look like we don't read things we endorse, of course). 2. Please contact your congressman and senators by phone and by mail to praise the outcome of the 6/8 IGREA hearing and to encourage them to support the legislation. 3. Write to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and Treasury Secretary Paulson. Ask them not to exceed the specific mandates of UIGEA when drafting legislation. Remind them that online poker is not illegal under any federal law. Focus on the Family is asking their members to write to Paulson and Bush to request tough regulations. See http://www.citizenlink.org/FOSI/gamb...A000004244.cfm , a Focus site. We should counterbalance this effort. Also, Sen. Kyl asked Gonzales for tough regulations during the AG Senate hearings. We should counterbalance this as well. I realize this was an action from last time, but since then the FBI now claims online gambling is illegal in the U.S., at http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june07/gambling060607.htm , so we really should speak up for ourselves, IMHO. [ QUOTE ] If you’ve ever thought about visiting a cyber casino, here’s something you should know: it’s illegal to gamble online in the United States. “You can go to Vegas. You can go to Atlantic City. You can go to a racetrack. You can go to those places and gamble legally. But don’t do it online. It’s against the law,” says Leslie Bryant, head of our Cyber Crime Fraud unit at FBI Headquarters. [/ QUOTE ] <font color="brown"> 4. Now that we have bills out there, we should try to work on our public image. Let's write to newspapers, magazines, post to blogs, etc. with positives of online poker/gaming. </font> </font> Thanks everyone! |
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Re: X-Post: Fight for Online Gaming!! Support the Frank Bill Here
Wait wtf, it's officially illegal to play now?
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