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PPA Backs Proposed Bill

As controversy over HR 5767 mounts, the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) asked its million-plus members to show support for the bill. The PPA is firmly in support of most of Congressman Barney Frank’s proposed legislation pertaining to the U.S. online casino gambling industry. Just two months ago Congressman Barney Frank and Ron Paul introduced HR 5767, a bill that would stop the U.S. Department of Justice and authorities from finalizing support regulations for the controversial Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). HR 5767 and the King Amendment are up for debate at this week at the House Financial Services Committee and the PPA urges all of the members to take the time to voice the support of the bill to their state representative.

The bill is a key part of the long process of legalizing, licensing, and regulating the online casino gambling industry and with the strong opposition from the religious right, the bill could use some serious support from PPA members. The PPA formally requested that members contact their representative this week. As for why the PPA officially supports HR 5767, PPA Chairman Alfonse D’Amato noted in his email to the PPA members, “The UIGEA regulations will demand that banks block "unlawful internet gambling" but there is no definition of this vague term. Banks will be forced to block millions of transactions that are not in fact illegal. As a result, you may not be able to play poker or any other game of skill online.” HR 5767 on the other hand will stop the UIGEA regulations from causing a “regulatory nightmare,” and the accompanying King Amendment demands the precise definition of internet gambling and what constitutes an illegal online casino.

Although the Committee may address HR 5767 on Tuesday, June 24, 2008, the low priority of the bill on the agenda may push it back to Wednesday.