Washington, DC (August 12, 2009) –The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide and more than 13,000 in Colorado, today expressed its support for efforts to appeal a ruling in state intermediate court that poker is predominately a game of chance as part of Colorado v. Kevin Raley.

Washington, DC (August 6, 2009) –The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, today commended Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) for introducing the Internet Poker and Games of Skill Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act. The legislation establishes the needed licensing and regulatory framework...

Vom 19.-25. Juli hatte die Poker Players Alliance in den USA die “National Poker Week” ausgerufen. Ziel war es, durch gezielte Aktionen das Poker-Verbot zu durchweichen und aufzuzeigen wie der seit 2006 gültige UIGEA in der Praxis versagt. Radiolegende Howard Stern hat mit seiner öffentlichen Kundgebung seines Beitritts zur PPA für Aufsehen gesorgt...

Washington, DC (July 20, 2009) – 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, today released the following statement commending radio host Howard Stern on joining the PPA. “I can’t think of a more fitting way to kick off National Poker Week than having my friend, Howard Stern, become a member of the PPA.

Washington, DC. (June 22, 2009) -The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, today announced National Poker Week, to be held July 19-25, 2009. National Poker Week will rally the PPA's vast membership nationwide to send the message to lawmakers that their constituents support poker and legislation to regulate and license the game played by more than 10 million Americans online.

Washington, DC (June 9, 2009) - The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, today released the following statement by PPA Chairman Alfonse D'Amato on questionable actions taken by a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York to freeze payment processor accounts containing more than USD 30 million in poker players' deposits and payouts.

Minneapolis, Minnesota -The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide (and more than 15,000 in Minnesota), declared victory as news broke that the Minnesota Department of Public Safety was dropping enforcement action against Internet Service Providers that provide access to Internet gambling sites, including legal Internet poker sites.

Washington, DC (May 12, 2009) –The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, today praised the release of the White House Citizen’s Briefing Book, a compilation of voter-led policy proposals that includes as one of its top items the licensing and regulation of online poker.

Washington, DC (April 29, 2009) – Matt Werden, the Minnesota state director of the Poker Players Alliance, the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, and more than 21,000 in Minnesota, today issued the following statement following the press announcement by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety...

Washington, DC (February 19, 2009) –The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide (nearly 10,000 in South Carolina), today expressed cautious optimism with a ruling in the Mount Pleasant, S.C. poker case and applauded the Court’s findings that poker is a game of skill, not chance. Though disappointed with the Court’s initial conclusion that the defendants had committed a crime, PPA expects to prevail on further review.

Washington, DC (January 26, 2009) -The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide and more than 13,000 in Colorado, today commended the ruling in Colorado v. Kevin Raley, in which a jury found the organizer of a poker league not guilty of illegal gambling. The lawyers for the defense presented expert testimony by Professor Robert Hannum, Professor of Statistics at the University of Denver, that poker is a game of skill.

Washington, DC (January 21, 2009) – John Pappas, executive director of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, today issued the following statement regarding the appeal filed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in light of yesterday’s ruling by the state court of appeals overturning a lower court decision allowing the Commonwealth to seize Internet gambling domain names.