Legalized Online Poker in USA Could Support the Economy
In a recent report in the Washington DC publication Politico contends that the deficit reduction super-committee cold be the vehicle by which intrastate online poker could be legalized in the USA.
Texas Republican Joe Barton, and Massachusetts Democrat, Barney Frank, have been doing their level best to persuade members of the committee that legalizing online gambling could create as much as $42 billion in tax revenues. They also contend that a regulated online gambling industry would create a number of jobs and taxes could b gained in that way too.
The Poker Players Alliance in America has 1.2 million members and has been very active in keeping the issue in the super committee’s focus. The organization has been lobbying by sending e mails. The director for PPA John Pappas says 7,000 have been directed to members of the super committee including Senator Pat Toomey a republican from Pennsylvania and John Kerry a Democrat from Massachusetts. The PPA has spent $800 000 lobbying Congress in the first half of 2011 by talking to committee members and promoting legalization of internet poker as a way to create jobs, generate revenue and ensure a safe gambling environment for consumers. The PPA has also been putting up a petition under a White House communication initiative called "We The People", which asks for legal changes in the federal laws for online poker.
On other fronts Frank Fahrenkopf the American Gaming Association chief has stated, “We’re hoping that another piece of legislation will be introduced to legalize online poker,” bypassing the super committee possibility. The Fair Play USA action group, which was started by MGM and Caesars Entertainment, is hoping that Congress will address the issue anyway so they are not pressing the super-committee. Executive director, Marisa McNee, said the organization is focused on law enforcement officials at this time.
Looking at the multi facetted approach to legalization of online poker there may be some hope that it will get the Congress nod eventually.
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