IGT Forging Ahead with Online Poker and Other Services

Upvote this plan on DIGG: http://digg.com/news/politics/poker_...for_their_game

They siezed the funds that ftp would of used to pay players? What do you think doj would do to get your funds faster?

Tuesday & Wednesday plan:

Let's continue contacting mainstream media to ask them to increase coverage of our issue. Let's contact Fox News again. As they ran the article last week on this issue, we now something to which we can point. In other words, we can write, "I applaud Fox News for running the article on June 4th on the online poker shutdown and for the John Stossel special on the broader online gaming issue. I encourage you to keep covering this important issue."

Contact info:

• Main contact email: yourcomments@foxnews.com
• Email addresses for individual news programs: www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,77538,00.html
• Fox News Sunday FB page: www.facebook.com/pages/Fox-News-Sunday/10674237167
• Fox News FB discussion page: www.facebook.com/FoxNews?v=app_2373072738

Recurring actions:

Let's continue to own a lot of Facebook pages (senators, Congressmen, Congressional committees, etc.):

• The House Financial Services Committee's Facebook page is here.
• Let's get some posts on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce page (here)
• The Dept. of Justice's page is here.
• Senators' FB pages: Senator Facebook Listing
• We need lots of posts on the issue of poker and lots of "liking" of pro-poker comments.

Let's all send the PPA pre-written letters to our lawmakers. These will be updated when Rep. Barton's poker bill is introduced to the House (in other words, soon), so let's all get the current letters out before that. Once done, please reply ITT with "done", "sent", etc. to encourage others. Thanks!




Upvote this plan on DIGG: http://digg.com/news/politics/poker_...for_their_game

Finally, let's recruit others. Our personal recommendations of this effort will go far. The daily action plan takes very little time and there's no denying it's way +EV for the time invested. Once done, please post here that you made the request, along with posting your personal commitment to participate in the action plan.

Thanks!

Thursday plan:

Let's continue contacting mainstream media to ask them to increase coverage of our issue. Let's contact CBS News today. As they have been critical in the past, especially on 60 Minutes, let's mention specifically that we support the right to play.

Contact info:

• Main contact form: http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/feedba...ews_form.shtml
• CBS Evening News
  • Email: evening@cbsnews.com
  • Email, Saturday/Sunday Edition: weekend@cbsnews.com
  • Phone: (212) 975-3247
• 60 Minutes
  • EMAIL: 60m@cbsnews.com
  • PHONE: (212) 975-3247

Recurring actions:

Let's continue to own a lot of Facebook pages (senators, Congressmen, Congressional committees, etc.):

• The House Financial Services Committee's Facebook page is here.
• Let's get some posts on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce page (here)
• The Dept. of Justice's page is here.
• Senators' FB pages: Senator Facebook Listing
• We need lots of posts on the issue of poker and lots of "liking" of pro-poker comments.

Let's all send the PPA pre-written letters to our lawmakers. These will be updated when Rep. Barton's poker bill is introduced to the House (in other words, soon), so let's all get the current letters out before that. Once done, please reply ITT with "done", "sent", etc. to encourage others. Thanks!

I created a short URL for this thread that should help with sharing: http://******/takeaction




Finally, let's recruit others. Our personal recommendations of this effort will go far. The daily action plan takes very little time and there's no denying it's way +EV for the time invested. Once done, please post here that you made the request, along with posting your personal commitment to participate in the action plan.

Thanks!

CBS News really needs to hear from us, so let's keep up that action and the great Facebook posts for today. Thanks!

Emails sent to:

evening@cbsnews.com
weekend@cbsnew.com
60m@cbsnews.com

Also sent to all contacts here:

All you have to do is fill it out once, and then just hit the back button and change the place you want to send it.

Let's continue to own a lot of Facebook pages (senators, Congressmen, Congressional committees, etc.). Rep. Barton has cited our Facebook posts, so we know it works.

Imagine if we all participated in the Facebook posts! With that, let's all focus on this this weekend (and beyond, of course):

• The House Financial Services Committee's Facebook page is here.
• Let's get some posts on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce page (here)
• The Dept. of Justice's page is here.
• Senators' FB pages: Senator Facebook Listing
• We need lots of posts on the issue of poker and lots of "liking" of pro-poker comments.

Recurring actions:

Let's all send the PPA pre-written letters to our lawmakers. These will be updated when Rep. Barton's poker bill is introduced to the House (in other words, soon), so let's all get the current letters out before that. Once done, please reply ITT with "done", "sent", etc. to encourage others. Thanks!

I created a short URL for this thread that should help with sharing: http://******/takeaction




Finally, let's recruit others. Our personal recommendations of this effort will go far. The daily action plan takes very little time and there's no denying it's way +EV for the time invested. Once done, please post here that you made the request, along with posting your personal commitment to participate in the action plan.

Thanks!

Let's continue contacting mainstream media to ask them to increase coverage of our issue. Let's contact Politico today. As they are widely read on Capitol Hill, this is a great place for us to reach out to.

Contact info:

• Email: newsrelease@politico.com
• Editor-in-Chief: http://www.politico.com/reporters/JohnFHarris.html
• More contact points: http://www.politico.com/aboutus

Recurring actions:

Let's continue to own a lot of Facebook pages (senators, Congressmen, Congressional committees, etc.). Rep. Barton has cited our Facebook posts, so we know it works.

• The House Financial Services Committee's Facebook page is here.
• Let's get some posts on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce page (here)
• The Dept. of Justice's page is here.
• Senators' FB pages: Senator Facebook Listing
• We need lots of posts on the issue of poker and lots of "liking" of pro-poker comments.

Let's also all send the PPA pre-written letters to our lawmakers. These will be updated when Rep. Barton's poker bill is introduced to the House (in other words, soon), so let's all get the current letters out before that. Once done, please reply ITT with "done", "sent", etc. to encourage others. Thanks!

I created a short URL for this thread that should help with sharing: http://******/takeaction




Finally, let's recruit others. Our personal recommendations of this effort will go far. The daily action plan takes very little time and there's no denying it's way +EV for the time invested. Once done, please post here that you made the request, along with posting your personal commitment to participate in the action plan.

Thanks!

Hit up facebook. Lots of pro-poker comments.

http://www.facebook.com/jeffsessions
http://www.facebook.com/RichardShelby
http://www.facebook.com/Begich
https://www.facebook.com/JohnBoozman
http://www.facebook.com/senatorboxer
http://www.facebook.com/DianneFeinstein
http://www.facebook.com/markudall
http://www.facebook.com/dickblumenthal
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chris-Coons/7209432197
http://www.facebook.com/billnelson?sk=wall
http://www.facebook.com/SenatorMarcoRubio
http://www.facebook.com/danielakaka
http://www.facebook.com/grassley
http://www.facebook.com/tomharkin
http://www.facebook.com/jerrymoran?sk=wall
http://www.facebook.com/senatormarylandrieu
http://www.facebook.com/senatorbencardin
http://www.facebook.com/senatorscottbrown
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sen-Jo...8509616?ref=ts
http://www.facebook.com/stabenow
http://www.facebook.com/wicker
http://www.facebook.com/senatormccaskill
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Senato...=wall&filter=1
http://www.facebook.com/SenatorShaheen
http://www.facebook.com/lautenbergfornj
http://www.facebook.com/senatortomudall
http://www.facebook.com/KirstenGillibrand
http://www.facebook.com/chuckschumer
http://www.facebook.com/senatorburr
http://www.facebook.com/SenatorHagan?sk=wall
http://www.facebook.com/SenatorJohnHoeven?sk=wall
http://www.facebook.com/teamcoburn
http://www.facebook.com/jiminhofe
http://www.facebook.com/jeffmerkley
http://www.facebook.com/wyden
http://www.facebook.com/patricktoomey?sk=wall
http://www.facebook.com/SheldonWhitehouse
http://www.facebook.com/senatordemint
http://www.facebook.com/Sen.JohnCornyn
http://www.facebook.com/kaybaileyhutchison
http://www.facebook.com/OrrinHatch
http://www.facebook.com/SenatorPatrickLeahy
http://www.facebook.com/senatorsanders
http://www.facebook.com/MarkRWarner
http://www.facebook.com/senatorcantwell
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Joe-Ma...50135395755161
http://www.facebook.com/herbkohl
http://www.facebook.com/johnbarrasso
http://www.facebook.com/mikeenzi

We are getting great traction on Facebook. One excellent benefit is how it shows the ratio of support to opposition for our position for all to see. It's right there in front of the lawmakers' own eyes. Rep. Barton has cited our Facebook posts, so we know it works.
So, let's post pro-poker comments and "like" the pro-poker comments posted by others. Let's divide these up into manageable groups for each day, starting with these nine senators for today:

• Sen. Sessions: http://www.facebook.com/jeffsessions
• Sen. Shelby: http://www.facebook.com/RichardShelby?sk=wall&filter=1
• Sen. Begich: http://www.facebook.com/Begich
• Sen. Boozman: https://www.facebook.com/JohnBoozman
• Sen Boxer: http://www.facebook.com/senatorboxer
• Sen. Feinstein: http://www.facebook.com/DianneFeinst...=wall&filter=1
• Sen. Udall: http://www.facebook.com/markudall?sk=wall&filter=1
• Sen. Blumenthal: http://www.facebook.com/dickblumenthal?sk=wall&filter=1
• Sen. Coons: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chris-...=wall&filter=1

Recurring actions:

Let's continue to own other Facebook pages, too:

• The House Financial Services Committee's Facebook page is here.
• Let's get some posts on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce page (here)
• The Dept. of Justice's page is here.
• Senators' FB pages: Senator Facebook Listing
• We need lots of posts on the issue of poker and lots of "liking" of pro-poker comments.

Let's also all send the PPA pre-written letters to our lawmakers. These will be updated when Rep. Barton's poker bill is introduced to the House (in other words, soon), so let's all get the current letters out before that. Once done, please reply ITT with "done", "sent", etc. to encourage others. Thanks!




Finally, let's recruit others. Our personal recommendations of this effort will go far. The daily action plan takes very little time and there's no denying it's way +EV for the time invested. Once done, please post here that you made the request, along with posting your personal commitment to participate in the action plan. I created a short URL for this thread to help with sharing: http://******/takeaction

Thanks!

Polticians that are against us with 5k+ following facebook and easy posting:

Michele Bachmann 216,000: http://www.facebook.com/RepMicheleBa...=wall&filter=1
Eric Cantor 103,500: http://www.facebook.com/ericcantor?sk=wall&filter=1
Barbara Boxer 47,000: http://www.facebook.com/barbaraboxer?sk=wall&filter=1
Dianne Feinstein 19,000: http://www.facebook.com/DianneFeinst...=wall&filter=1
John Cornyn 18,600: http://www.facebook.com/Sen.JohnCornyn?sk=wall&filter=1
Joe Wilson 18,500: https://www.facebook.com/JoeWilson
Cathy McMorris Rodgers 6,700: http://www.facebook.com/mcmorrisrodg...=wall&filter=1
Jim Jordan 6,100: http://www.facebook.com/repjimjordan?sk=wall&filter=1
Louie Gohmert 5,600: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Louie-...=wall&filter=1
Debbie Wasserman Schultz 5,300: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rep-De...=wall&filter=1
Jeff Miller 5,200: https://www.facebook.com/RepJeffMiller
Patrick McHenry 5,100: https://www.facebook.com/CongressmanMcHenry

Wrong or right, I just sent this to CNBC Customer Care under the option "Viewer Feedback".
I'm new so I guess I'm going to get flamed but I don't care. I think the story deserves more exposure.

Dear CNBC Viewer,
Thank you for your submission to CNBC Customer Care.
We are committed to reviewing your submission and we will email you as quickly as possible with
a response.Our viewers typically receive responses within 24 hours.
This is an automated response. Please do not respond to this email.

Sincerely, CNBC Customer Care Team
----- XXXXX Wrote -----First Name: XXXX Last Name: XXXX Registered User: No

I am a frequent viewer of your channel and I really enjoy Mad Money, the Kudlow Report and Fast Money.
During market hours I flip channels between all three business networks but I prefer your network.
Although I have seen some coverage of "Black Friday", May 15th, the day the DOJ siezed the domain
names of the three biggest online poker companies, I believe this story warrants much more coverage.
The story is huge and involves millions of people.

I would like to see serious debate on the pros and cons of regulating and legalizing online poker.
Would it help the economy by creating thousands of jobs? Would the billions of tax revenue help the deficit?
Seeing your many knowledgable guests share their ideas / opinions in depth would be fascinating to a great
many people, regardless of your guests' responses. I am pro-online poker legalization but am open-minded enough to
respect opinions from either side. I just think it is a big story that is mostly being ignored.

There are many side-stories that could also be covered such as one of the sites refunding players' money
while the other two have made no refunds as of yet. Check out the details...it involves many millions of dollars.

More in-depth coverage and debate would be very beneficial to your network and would give your network huge
exposure on the many internet poker forums, 2+2 forum being the largest. No matter that people agree / disagree
with the opinions of your experts, the discussion in the forums would bring your brandname
into the limelight and would surely increase your viewership. Please note that I'm speaking of poker and not
gambling sites.

Best regards,
XXXXX

Only problem I saw was you put May 15th instead of April 15th. Other than that, great email and post. Welcome to the forums.

YIKES!!! My bad. Thank you for the kind reply.

You won't find many trolls in the Action threads. Thats this thread, Legislation thread, and NVG Thread. You can also vist Poker Legislation Forum for more posts related to this.

Just finished both.

Thank you Mason. I appreciate the kind words and support. I also appreciate the endorsement of the action plan.

Everyone:

Mason is absolutely correct. The more of us who participate, the more effective this will be. Let's all jump on this and ensure we are all heard on Capitol Hill!

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Got to Knoxville before I got warned, I'm gonna finish up later.

I like how here in the zoo the many threads concerning the blackout, player refunds, and scams have hundreds of thousands of views each while this thread only has 3k. Jeez.

Because its in the wrong forum maybe? The people who visit this forum don't visit it for legislation news. Thats what the Poker Legislation forum is for

This isn't for legislation. This is for the future of IPoker. It belongs everywhere.

This is Internet Poker news. The ability to play is somewhat central to the game.

+1

owned up Sen Boxer's wall to go along with Feinsteins. Keep it up everyone! Booya.