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Originally Posted by █████

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Originally Posted by anakedcowboy

If you guys ever think that you can't make a difference, my republican rep Kenny Marchant of Texas had previously written me a letter that he was against it, but would look into it further. After a long response from me and several letters and phone calls from other voters here in his district, he voted for the bill.

You HAVE to get out there and call your reps. If you support them, they will support you. It does make a huge difference.

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Originally Posted by numberline

This. While a few high profile leaders (on both sides) opposed HR 2267 for their own personal reasons, many of them probably just went along with their party leadership in absence of an opinion either way on this. Once they know that voters in their district support this, though, they will be far more likely to support it.

If you know or suspect your rep is susceptible to being persuaded in favor of this bill, call or write them. A small campaign contribution also doesn't hurt. We still need this to get passed by the full House.

Originally Posted by NoahSD

I dunno what you're arguing here.

I guess the shell game thing would be slightly annoying, and I understand a general hatred for Harrah's et al for doing various things that suck.But this entire thing isn't meant to be a situation where you get exactly what you want. It's meant as an alternative to the current situation that's better for everybody.

The two big things that this bill does are:

1) Explicitly making internet gambling legal. This means no more sketchy payment processors and sketchy offshore companies. No more being slightly worried that one day you'll get taken to court for playing poker online. And much larger player pools thanks to lots of people who currently think it's illegal learning that it's not.

2) Regulating This Stuff. So, yes, Stars and FTP may play some sort of shell game to get into the market, but then they'll be licensed and regulated by the US government which will mean lots more transparency than we've had up until now. It also means that we'll have recourse when we feel we've been wronged by the sites or other players or payment processors. THIS IS HUGE.

Originally Posted by EZGame2

Where do I find out if my representative is for/against the bill? Don't want to bug him if he's for it, but will do my part if otherwise. Also, can anyone explain in simple terms briefly what the status of everything is now, and what it looks to be? Thanks

Originally Posted by dfbuzzbeater

It's earlier in the thread.

Just read the thread, the gist of everything is in there.

Originally Posted by TheEngineer

The sites contend that they have violated no U.S. laws, so they believe they do not fall into that exclusion.

Originally Posted by Skallagrim

The PPA website has all this information, including a list of all members of Congress and a rating asto where they stand on our issue (if known).

I would post the actual links but I am posting this from my phone.

Skallagrim

Originally Posted by wifebeater123

1)now that the bill is passed, should we be worried about our funds in FTP and STARS accounts?
2) from reading this thread, it seems like this bill is + EV for our online poker win rate?

Originally Posted by xmykro

Now that I read the amendment. I think they did violate some State laws.

excerpt:

"not committed an intentional felony violation of Federal or State internet gambling laws; and
has used due diligence to prevent any U.S. person from placing a bet on an internet site in violation of Federal or State gambling laws"


Online poker is a class C felony in the state of Washington