Poker Players Alliance

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Yesterday I met with Bryan Kendro, Senior Legislative Assistant to Congressman Jim Gerlach of Pennsylvania’s 6th Congressional District http://gerlach.house.gov/District/ . I was accompanied by Pete Segal, a PPA member and constituent of Gerlach’s. Congressman Gerlach was one of the “Nay” votes that lead to the defeat of the HR5767 amendment to the UIEGA. If you’re not familiar with this amendment and its purpose, click here.

If you haven’t already done so, look at the video testimony of this hearing, particularly that of Congressman Bachus (R-AL). It’s amusing to say the least! Congressman Bachus seems to attribute most of the worlds ills to online gambling, at one point quoting a McGill University “Study” (really a thesis from what I could see) that claims that 30% of underage gamblers commit suicide! While I’m not sure how many underage gamblers there are, I suspect that we’d all be tripping over bodies if this were true. The same study apparently claims that 80% of children 8-18 years have a gambling issue! Must be a lot of lunch money being put at risk out there.

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