PokerStars response about gambling bill

[snowbank]

I e-mailed PokerStars to see if they were doing anything to fight the bill, and got a couple responses:

"Hello Bill,

Thank you for expressing interest in the proposed legislation just
passed in the United States House of Representatives.

As you know, on July 12, 2006, the US House of Representatives passed
HR4411, a bill intended to, among other things, outlaw banks from
procesing financial transactions to online gambling sites, including
poker sites. However, it is important to know that being passed by
the House does not make this a law; before a bill becomes a law, it
must pass both the House and the Senate, and then be combined into
one uniform statute before being signed by the President.

At present (and even in the words of the Representatives who
introduced the bill), the future of this proposed legislation is in
the hands of the Senate. In the opinion of many expert observers of
the industry and legislation, it is unlikely that this legislation
will pass the Senate this year, which would mean the failure of this
bill. Many news stories in the USA at present are misrepresenting
what occurred on July 12, as "USA bans online gambling!" makes a much
better headline than "USA anti gambling bill completes a preliminary
step towards becoming law that is unlikely to pass".

We do however believe that grassroots activism and presenting facts
about online poker is the best way to counter forces which seek to
take away our freedom to play poker on the Internet. As such, we do
suggest contacting your Senate representative and expressing your
opposition to this proposed legislation. You can write directly to
your Senate representative by using the following link.

http://www.senate.gov/general/contac...nators_cfm.cfm
(Official
link to the U.S. Senate)

Thank you for your support in this effort to protect our freedom to
play poker online.

Regards,

Carlos
PokerStars Support Team"


also.....

"Hello Bill,

Thank you for your reply. =)

To be honest with you, I do not know all the details since this is not
something handled directly by our department.

However, I do know that we have lobbyists hired and working, and we
have
participated in activities with the Poker Players Alliance, including
having Greg Raymer visit Capitol Hill and our PR firm assisting us.

Do not hesitate to contact us for further assistance, we will be glad
to
help you.

Best Regards,

Carlos
Shift Supervisor
PokerStars Support Team"

[avidlearner]

lol in advance @ what a party response would be.

10-1 its:

please keep you password secure, even if the man asking for it has an FBI badge.

thanks
kuntmuscle akumah

[miami32]

nh

[daedalus]

Party's response was to clear my cookies and if that didn't work reinstall the software.

[utility]

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Party's response was to clear my cookies and if that didn't work reinstall the software.

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hilarious!