yea, take that Texas Republican Representative Joe Barton, you unamerican enemy of poker and freedom!

er wait...

I would think that the DiCristina ruling could potentially serve as a great political crutch for Repubs to reconcile a Reid-Kyl gambling ban + poker carveout with their broad anti-gambling platform plank. I don't expect very many Republicans would legitimately understand or support the DiCristina ruling, but it's made enough headlines where it could make a plausible public "excuse" for allowing a poker compromise.

That may be how it ultimately comes down, but the language itself is terrible for us IMO.

The PPA Weekly Update went out this morning: http://theppa.org/newsletters/2012/0...oker-08292012/

I know this looks bad now, but I'm confident that Dean Heller will turn this thing around

There are five casinos in Kansas (who owns them I did not check out.) The ones in Horton, Mayette, Powhattan, and White Cloud are all suspiciously in connecting counties that border Nebraska and Missouri. Am I wrong to attempt a suggestion they are to attract out of state revenue?

It looks just the same as the Winstar on the Oklahoma side of the Red River. Texas doesn't need to do anything if Texans are content to travel an hour to play poker at a B&M.

I do not know if it makes sense or not. The appearance is they are fine if other citizens want to spend money in their state on gambling but not cool about it when their own major populations get involved. Perhaps that is the line for at least a multi-state compact?

It's not baffling how the other side received less than that amount of support?

Personally, I like a flattened payout structure.

I could find a way to support your vision, but I think I would have to support a winner-take-all scenario to remain true to it.

If you think it is just liberal drool out of the mouths of poker players, have a look at how the NFL and MLB are set up. It's pretty close to socialism. Then have a look at how the Armed Forces are set up. Each one of those would fail quickly without the safety nets in place.

poker gets **** on once again

yes sir

Here's how far you can travel into Texas from Winstar in an hour at 65 mph:



Texans aren't content with the situation in our state.

From a 2011 poll by the University of Texas/Texas Tribune:

The support for gaming has grown since we last asked the question a year ago. In the new survey, 56 percent say they would allow full casino gambling in Texas.

Another 6 percent would expand it, but only to Indian reservations; 12 percent would allow an expansion only in existing locations (racetracks), and the rest would either leave the law alone, 11 percent, or ban gambling altogether, 8 percent.

That's a combined "no" vote of 19 percent.

The republican philosophy of economics and most policies in general: comparing it to a poker tournament is a winner take all philosophy. Their would be no reason to ever play tight trying to cash.

lol at working with Republicans on internet gambling.


Excellent strat PPA

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19414600

Bachman, the actions of the tea party, trying to make gay marriage a national issue, dem damn mex'kins, etc. Don't forget that the active voting population in the US is a small fraction of the overall population of the US. You don't need anywhere near 50% to get people into office. Get the lowest common denominators in society fired up and you're 90% of the way there already.

I have to think that only a handful of Republicans cared enough to even bother pushing for this language to be part of the platform and Kyl was one of them.

I have say that Gary Loveman's comments saying he doubts a federal bill will pass this year concern me. He makes note of the dysfunction in Congress specifically as the major roadblock.

We have to hope and pray that Kyl and Heller can get their party behind a poker carveout this lame duck. I'm totally uncertain if they can. We gotta focus our efforts on Senate Republicans. We gotta.

^ Yes

do it right.... were they throwing the peanuts at the women because she is black? dispicable if true

time to vote democrat.

Which is why we need to focus on changing the headline.

oh just noticed she was working for cnn. im a bit confused, were they racist or were they throwing them because she works for cnn? sure hope it is cus she works for cnn and not because she is black.

Yeah, dont think that's really possible. Not for a 2012 lame duck bill.

No matter what Romney says his religious views will play a big role in his decisions as president. If you have ever known a Mormon, they hate any form of gambling with a passion, and they think they know better than everyone else.

Harry Reid is a Mormon.

Romney cant do much to a lame duck bill. He'd be a problem for '13-'17 given his stated stance on online poker and, to a lesser extent, his feud with Harry Reid. We'd probably need a veto proof majority to get something done during a Romney presidency. The bigger worry, IMO, is what this does to our chances during the lame duck. That's probably our last, best short-term shot. We're going to win this fight long-term, but the alternative is state-by-state and pooling legislation 5 or 10 years out IMO.

Speed limit is 75 once you get pass McKinney. That means you can get up to 84 before worrying. Map is pretty off. Didn't make it to down to Dallas. No need to go so deep into OK.

Texans don't have a problem with casinos. Government does.

EDIOT: 'scuse me....not McKinney (that is for Choctaw)....more around Sanger.....nevermind....I don't know what your post is about. Cheers.