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PPA Lobbying Hard

The Poker Player’s Alliance is one of the more powerful of the land and online casino related interest groups in the United States.  The PPA was launched as a counter measure to the US government’s implementation of the UIGEA.  The PPA believes that internet poker, at the very least, ought to be legalized in the United States.  The PPA does not actively fight for the legalization of the online casino gambling industry in the US market – only so far as it would also then allow internet poker gambling.  The lobbying budget for this year is a bit staggering – the PPA has set aside $3 million in lobbying funds and plans to really hit the politicians hard with lobbying efforts that support the legalization of internet poker.

This year Congressman Barney has restarted his efforts to push through new legislation that would legalize online casino gambling and thus internet poker.  Just last month he reintroduced new legislation into Congress – and with the new Democratic administration in place there are high hopes that the US government will change its current stance on the internet gambling issue.  The international online casinos naturally support the PPA’s efforts as well; when the UIGEA passed through and the foreign gambling companies were forced out of the market these companies lost one of the largest markets in the world.

US online casino gambling has huge revenue potential for the international industry – the PPA though is less concerned about the revenues that would be generated by legalized gambling and focusing more on the fact that the UIGEA infringes on personal freedoms and restricts what US citizens are able to do in the privacy of their own homes.  Those within the PPA are vehement supporters of the notion that the US government should take a large step back out of the personal lives and internet habits of its citizens; the large lobbying funds will go toward supporting these efforts.