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A $1.5 Million donation to Haiti Earthquake Survivors by Online Poker Community
Jan 28, 2010 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Poker Player's Alliance, PPA
A $1.5 million donation has been raised by the online poker community for the fatalities of an earthquake with a scale 7.0 that did shock Haiti in previous weeks. This news was distributed by the Poker Players Alliances (PPA). Full Tilt Poker, the ...
Biggest Surprises of National Poker Week
Jul 28, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Annie Duke, Dennis Phillips, Online Poker, online poker players, poker player alliance, Poker Player's Alliance, pokerplayersalliance.com, PPA
The recent National Poker Week comprised 33 State Directors from the Poker Players Alliance along with some poker seniors at Washington, DC, and held 100 meetings on Capitol Hill. The poker week, besides handling all the poker fun, discovered some ...
Senate Online Casino Bill to Mirror Barney Frank Measures
Jul 22, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Barney Frank, Legal, online gambling, Online Poker, poker player alliance, Poker Player's Alliance, PPA, UIGEA
The recent Online Casino scandal has created quite a jiff in the gambling world. Rceently it has been discovered that Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey is preparing a bill to bring online casino regulation to the Senate. Acoording to PPA head ...
PPA Poker Petition Over 300,000 Signatures
Jul 19, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Legal, PocketFives.com, poker player alliance, Poker Player's Alliance, pokerplayersalliance.com, PPA, UIGEA
The Poker Players Alliance petition for the legalization and regulation of online poker has reached 300,000 signatures and its aiming for half-million before the petition is handed to President Barack Obama. The PPA is now just a few days away from ...
Company seeks return of seized poker winnings
Jul 16, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Barney Frank, Legal, poker player alliance, Poker Player's Alliance, pokerplayersalliance.com, PPA
Recently the federal government seized $14 million form a payment processing company which deals with accounts of online poker players. Now the company wants the money back along with a judge to help them through. Therefore Account Services Corp. of ...
Online Poker Advocates Claim Seizure of Accounts
Jul 7, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Legal, PartyGaming, poker player alliance, Poker Player's Alliance, PPA, UIGEA
In the midst of the internet gambling scandal the government has frozen more than $30 million in payouts affecting thousands of players. The Poker Players Alliance released a statement on Tuesday claiming that the U.S. attorney for the Southern ...
Online Poker No Game To Justice Department
Jul 3, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Legal, poker player alliance, Poker Player's Alliance, PPA, UIGEA
When you think of online poker, the first thing that comes to your mind is tons of money. However everything seems good from far and you see reality only when you actually jump into things. Here is a similar case which may seem shocking to certain ...
Online Poker Players Claim Payment Abduction
Jun 30, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: online poker players, poker player alliance, Poker Player's Alliance, Poker Stars, Poker Stars.com, Pokerstars.com, PPA
The Poker Players Alliance, PPA, condemns the recent actions taken by the Southern District of New York. PPA released a statement where they express their ‘disappointment’ against the Southern District of New York because they seized an ...
PPA Online Poker Petition pushed by PokerStars
Jun 25, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Legal, poker player alliance, Poker Player's Alliance, Poker Stars, Poker Stars.com, pokerplayersalliance.com, Pokerstars.com, PPA, UIGEA
PokerStars has an innovative way to support National Poker Week (July 19-26), a drive by the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) encouraging supporters to send messages to the President and Congress backing Barney Frank's initiatives to regulate online ...
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Online Poker is Winning the Media Battle
Nov 5, 2009 by Diana Sterling » TAGS: Online Poker, poker player alliance, Poker Player's Alliance, pokerplayersalliance.com, PPA
It is believed that winning the battle in the media is an overture to success in Congress to support the argument to license and regulate online poker. Recently two high-profile newspapers have spoken out on the issue, each in favor of poker's cause ...
