Late last month, the House Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee held a hearing on HR 707, the bill to shut down state-authorized poker websites and prohibit future sites. If you missed the live stream, I encourage you to take a moment to watch:
It was a very interesting day for poker. They day kicked off with three Capitol Hill technical briefings organized by PPA -- one for media, one for governors and staffers, and one for Hill lawmakers and staffers. These briefings, featuring Caesars Interactive, GeoComply, and IDology, showed precisely how Internet poker technology ensures that players are physically located in authorized jurisdictions, are of age, and are who they say they are. I hope you will also take a moment to check out one of the briefings: