My friend that introduced me to online poker just sent me this email. It makes it very easy for people that aren't even that heavily involved with online poker to chip in their $.02 regarding the recent Justice Department issues. Please send along to your friends.
Hey guys, it's XXXX.
As a lot of you know the Justice Department put a boot in the ass of all American online poker players yesterday. For those of you that don't know, they have decided to ramp up enforcement on the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, an unjust eleventh hour addition to the 2006 SAFE Port Act. What this means is that American players on the three largest "US-Friendly" poker networks (Full Tilt Poker, Pokerstars, and Cereus (UB/AP)) have essentially had the funds in their accounts seized for the time being.
A lot of you may be wondering "What does this have to do with me?"
The shortest, most direct answer is that nobody really knows right now.
A lot of you know that I have made my living for the last few years almost exclusively from playing online poker. A lot of us in the online poker community have taken steps to ensure our livelihood in case of government action such as this, but a lot of people haven't. This is a very serious issue, considering many of us have mortgages, families, and businesses that depend upon money from online poker to be able to continue to survive.
Now here's where I ask for help.
Please help us make the government aware of the fact that online poker is a skill-based game and not simply "gambling." It doesn't even take a minute to fill this out. Feel free to use a disposable email address (Yahoo or some other free service if you're afraid of the possibility of spam.) All we need are people to speak out and let people hear that we are upset and find this action to be unjust. This government action is actively putting professional poker players out of work and is literally stealing millions of dollars from our hands. Clicking this link and filling out a few forms may not help, but it certainly can't hurt.
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/28...akers-1020897/
We need all the help that we can get.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
XXXX
