So, pokerstars still allowing players from Australia but 888 closed its services? What a nit 888!

why don't you script some bots to send tweets?

good work btw,

I received a reply from my MP David Coleman.

It seemed to be a 'standard' response because there was no mention of online poker being different from other online wagering services. It was classified under the one heading of 'click to call' wagering which is to be prohibited.

A large part of the response talked about offshore gambling providers being unlicensed so in turn putting Australians at risk through corruption and loss of tax revenue.

He mentioned that sports gambling have agreements with local sports bodies which allow for investigation and transparency.

So could we have Australian licenced providers of online poker?

Can you please send this reply to Australian.online.poker.alliance@gmail.com

Thanks

I got this back

Thank you for raising your concerns with Brendan around online poker in relation to the Turnbull Government’s Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill (2016).

He has asked me to respond on his behalf.

Labor agrees that a well-regulated gambling industry must be underpinned by appropriate harm minimisation measures. We know there are growing concerns around problem gambling in our community and the devastating social, financial and emotional consequences it can have.

You may be aware that the Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications Legislation reported on the inquiry into the Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016 on 30 November last year. On the topic of online poker the report stated the following:

2.61 The submissions relating to online poker services demonstrate the balance between individual freedoms and harm minimisation that gambling regulation strikes. People who gamble responsibly and are willing to take responsibility for their own actions understandably object to their activities being restricted. However, the regulatory framework recognises that problem and at-risk gamblers can be exposed to significant danger. Problem gambling affects not just the individuals concerned; there are considerable flow-on effects for others in society.



2.62 The bill does not change the existing policy decisions about what services should be available and how they should be regulated. Rather, the bill seeks to enforce the original intent of the IGA, which is to minimise the scope of problem gambling amongst Australians. Whether particular services should no longer be restricted under the IGA is a separate question that this committee was not asked to consider as part of this inquiry.



The Senate Inquiry report can be accessed via the link below: http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_...ons/IGA/Report

Once again, thank you for writing to Brendan and making him aware of your views.

Kind Regards.




Carolyn McKenzie

Office of the Hon. Brendan O’Connor MP

Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

Federal Member for Gorton

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/au...30-gu1bln.html

Is this an opportunity to get out message across? Did this guy learn online?

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Nope, Poker Asia Pacific tried that and were given a shutdown order.

The issue is there is NO way for any online poker provider, Australian or offshore, to currently get a license and be taxed/regulated etc, all of the providers are completely open to that the process just currently doesn't exist

Most of the replies so far seem to be recapping 'this is the legislation' without offering any opinion one way or the other as to whether they'd support our amendment unfortunately

Tuesday Action Plan!

Click the links below to send prefilled tweets to decision makers about our fight to keep online poker in Australia. #AusFight4Poker

Today's tweets are:

Craig Kelly MP - http://spredd.it/3a4H3mk9
Julian Leeser MP - http://spredd.it/YiaU7y83


I should have a little bit more time today so will try and put something together people can send to their local papers.

Just won the 5k from stars promotion. Feels good brah.

I just won 13k in a live tourney feels pretty good man

I just lost 18k from poker feels like ****, gimme my money back lol

Australian online poker players fear major sites will disappear with crackdown on offshore gambling websites

http://www.news.com.au/technology/on...d3cce7716f07d2

Just read the article, massive props to JoeyDel, Swoop and whoever else has been involved in attempting to save online poker.

Really fantastic job so far guys.

Good article

Hey team,

Really important that we all get out and share this article. Sites like news.com.au have insane data tracking and if they can see thay this is an issue that people are interested in then they will be more open to follow up articles.

Share on Facebook, Twitter, Tinder, Whatsapp, Instagram or whatever else it is you use.

Makesure to stick the #Ausfight4poker on it so we can all find and share each others material.

Thanks - let's force them to listen to us.

JoeyDel

Started sharing the article etc

We should all also Tweet to Tudge for comment and ask our local MP for their thoughts on it

Good work Joey

Shipping another $20 towards advertising the article on FB etc anyone who can afford it ship a small amount to JosephDel on Stars to go towards facebook advertising etc pushing the article to increase visibility

How do sites like ACR still manage to offer games to people in USA when it's illegal?

Team,

One other thing.

Please click on the link and leave a comment on this page.

I am also going to knock up a letter that we can all send as letter to the editor.

By having no assets in the country for the government/law enforcement to seize and a disregard for that country's laws.

Also, made a comment on the article, others should do the same we should also thank the journalist on twitter for drawing attention to the flaw in the current bill and its need to be amended prior to passing and tag the minister and our MPs in the tweets

Paul Murray on sky news just ended his intro before heading to the news with:

'just finally if you're an online poker player I've got some worries for you, there's about to be some changes in parliament that means this is probably going to be banned so go all in before the senate decides to get rid of it'

Yeh watching Paul Murray as well gg online poker.

The whole thing is just ridiculous years after the boom.

Tweeted, Facebooked. Great work Joey and Swoop. Thank you.

strange, i've posted a comment but it hasn't been published

I left a comment too and it's showing 0 comments still. Maybe they're manually approving them now idk but if they're not up by tomorrow i'd say worth asking the journalist about

edit: literally as I made this post my comment showed up. Can anyone else see it?

Really, did anyone see the actual news piece?

Perhaps he is just talking about our article. He would be a great voice to get in our corner.