The online gambling ban that is currently in place in the United States has some serious adversaries and they are doing everything in their power to get lawmakers to see things their way. The Poker Player Alliance is an online poker advocacy group that is trying very hard to get the American government to grant an exception to the rule and lift the online gambling ban from online poker rooms. Currently the ban is making it hard for players to fund cash accounts and collect their winnings. Eleven out of 50 states have made online gambling completely illegal within their jurisdictions.

The Poker Player Alliance is gaining support and new members everyday with over one million members already. They are currently attempting to get a voter registration started – the ‘If You Play, Have A Say’ campaign – and they intend to take advantage of the largest international poker tournament to get the registration process started. They will have members set up and registering new ones during the July World Series of Poker Championship in Las Vegas. Not only will the event be packed with big names and poker players, there will also be plenty of people willing to register to support the cause even if they don’t play. In addition to registering poker players, the Alliance is also offering people the opportunity to register for November’s presidential election.

The members of the Poker Player Alliance realize that their efforts probably won’t garner any form of change in policy before the end of 2008. They are hopeful, however, that the new government will be willing to listen to what they have to say and consider the economic ramifications that legalized online poker could have. With tax revenues levied on online poker rooms, the economy could be served well by legalization of online poker.

The basis behind the Poker Player Alliance reasoning for the change is that poker is technically a game of skill with little luck involved. While this is partially true in some respects, it is going to take a very persuasive push in the right direction to get the government to see their point of view. If this happens, poker players in America may get their wish and see the ban on Internet gambling lifted at least for poker rooms.

Anyone who plays poker and is interested in what the Poker Player Alliance is doing can contact this non profit organization at http://www.pokerplayersalliance.org/ .

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The UIGEA legislation from 2006 certainly turned the American gambling market op side down and left many players in the grey zone. They are allowed gambling as long as it takes place in land based casinos, at online horse racing or state lotteries. This outright discrimination between sources for gambling has caught many poker players between a rock and a hard place. In order to play their favorite card game, they either need travel long distances to play at a land based casino, or resolve to the illegal dodgy backroom clubs. Outraged US poker players now try to put this unbearable situation to an end, and have formed a pro-poker lobby group, Poker Players Alliance. The lobby group has been extremely successful and has experienced a phenomenal growth the last years, with a membership passing the one million mark.

The main objective of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) is the legalization of online poker. This, they hope to achieve by either regulation or exception to current laws. Until now the organization has strongly supported the two congressmen, Barney Frank and Robert Wexler, who work hard to push legislation in favor of an abolition or regulation of the current gambling legislation. Rumors have that PPA is planning to announce the formation of a new political action committee, and a voter-registration drive to help promote their case on Capitol Hill. The plan is to launch the campaign at the upcoming World Series of Poker in Las Vegas during the month of July. Representatives will be signing up new members and registering voters for the November national elections in the United States. The plan is also to erect computer terminals, allowing members to send emails to members of Congress advocating legalization and regulation of online gambling.

PPA has already pre-launched the campaign by sending more than 15 000 emails to members of the Financial Services Committee. It was done as a follow-up to a House hearing on the burdens the UIGEA places on banks and other financial institutions in order to monitor gambling transactions. PPA are putting their stakes on affecting the legislation especially affecting banking, since UIGEA legislation has especially targeted Banks and financial institutions to be their watch-dogs, with all the extra burdens it entails for this industry. Earlier this month congressman Frank and Rep. Ron Paul introduces a new bill attempting to derail the current UIGEA legislation. The main aim is to prohibit the Treasury Department from issuing and implementing new rules, which require banks to prevent gambling related transactions. The hope is that all the attention around the proposed bill will attract even more poker players to join PPA.

The organization is, however, not the only ones operating in the field. They have fierce and strong enemies, such as several religious groups and the National Football League, who strongly oppose any moves to change the current gambling legislation. As the struggle continues, time will only tell if PPA’s strategy will have its desired effect, or stronger forces will win the American legal battle over online gambling.

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