Washington, DC. (April 16, 2011) - John Pappas, Executive Director of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, issued the comment below on behalf of the millions of Americans affected by recent federal action taken against online poker companies.

Washington, DC. (April 15, 2011) - Former Senator Alfonse D'Amato, Chairman of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, issued the comment below on today's announcement on federal action taken against online poker companies.

Olympia, WA (March 17, 2011) – Members of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) from across the state of Washington are spending the day in Olympia today to ask their state lawmakers to overturn the draconian state law that makes Washingtonians felons for enjoying a hand of poker on their home computers. The PPA, the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide and more than 20,000 in Washington State...

Washington, DC (February 8, 2011) –The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, is a sponsor of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this Thursday through Saturday in Washington, D.C. This will be the third year PPA has participated in CPAC, using the conference as an opportunity to increase awareness among conservative audiences of the need to preserve Americans’ basic freedoms by supporting poker player’s rights.

Washington, DC (January 26, 2011) - The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide and more than 10,000 in South Carolina, today praised the South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee's 15-6 vote on Tuesday to advance S. 254 a bill legalizing games of poker in people's homes to the Senate floor. The bill would replace an anti-gambling law established in 1802 which banned any games with cards or dice.

Washington, DC (January 6, 2011) –The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, today expressed optimism about working with the members of the 112th Congress, sworn in this week, to establish a licensed and regulated U.S. online poker environment.

Washington, DC (October 19, 2010) – In oral arguments presented today before the South Carolina Supreme Court, lawyers for the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) adeptly debunked the supposition that the private residence in which a game of Texas Hold ‘Em was played was a “house of gaming,” while continuing to reinforce, as South Carolina lower courts agreed, that Texas Hold ‘Em is a game based predominantly on skill and therefore does not constitute gambling under state statute.

Washington, DC (July 28, 2010) –The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, today applauded passage of H.R. 2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act, by the House Financial Services Committee. The bipartisan 41-22 vote demonstrates that sensible regulation of Internet gaming is gaining support in Congress while prohibition continues to fail.

Washington, DC (June 7, 2010) - Poker players nationwide now have an innovative new tool for asking their members of Congress to support poker. The Poker Players Alliance, the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, unveiled its new iPhone app with an innovative click to call Congress feature. Our members are extremely tech savvy and always looking for more ways to show their support for protecting their right to play poker.

Washington, DC (May 19, 2010) – John Pappas, Executive Director of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group, with more than one million members nationwide, today released the following statement on the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on HR 4976, the Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of 2010. “Today’s hearing underscores the increasing Congressional interest in a licensed and regulated online gaming environment.

Lee Rousso, PPA’s Washington State Director, will deliver oral arguments to the Washington State Supreme Court on May 27th, and the PPA will hold a rally and press conference outside the courthouse immediately following the hearing. In Washington, playing poker online is now a felony--like child pornography or heroin possession--making any of the over 800,000 Washington residents who can legally play poker in card rooms look like hardened criminals if they play online.

Washington, DC (April 14, 2010) -The Massachusetts House of Representatives yesterday approved a Poker Players Alliance-supported amendment to the state's gaming legislation (http://www.mass.gov/legis/house/ggrc.pdf) which removed language criminalizing playing online poker and other gaming over the Internet. The bill should meet final passage later today.