The Poker Players Alliance announced on Monday that Drew Lesofski, the former senior federal policy advisory for Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons, joined the organization as director of Grassroots and External Affairs. Lesofski will work with and attempt to grow the PPA’s grassroots operations. During his time ��...full article
The Poker Players Alliance announced on Monday that Drew Lesofski, the former senior federal policy advisory for Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons, joined the organization as director of Grassroots and External Affairs. Lesofski will work with and attempt to grow the PPA’s grassroots operations.
During his time with the governor, he dealt with gaming issues, in addition to many other issues.
According to a story on the PPA’s Web site:
“As we get closer to reaching the million-member milestone, it is more important than ever for PPA to find new ways to energize and mobilize our members,” said Alfonse D’Amato, Chairman of the PPA. “Drew’s policy and political campaign experience will be an asset to PPA as we further refine and augment our grassroots program.”
“Drew’s experience has given him a solid understanding of the relationship between states and the federal government and the skills necessary to organize and manage multifaceted grassroots operations. We look forward to having him as part of our team,” continued D’Amato.
The PPA now boasts more than 900,000 members.
Full Tilt adds Team Cardrunners to its team
Team CardRunners and Full Tilt Poker have joined forces, with Cardrunners signing a deal with the online poker site to have its players play exclusively at FTP. Team CardRunners consists of Taylor “Green Plastic” Caby, Andrew “muddywater” Wiggins, Brain “sbrugby” Townsend, Brian “Stinger885″ Hastings, Eric “p3achy_keen” ��...full article
Team CardRunners and Full Tilt Poker have joined forces, with Cardrunners signing a deal with the online poker site to have its players play exclusively at FTP.
Team CardRunners consists of Taylor “Green Plastic” Caby, Andrew “muddywater” Wiggins, Brain “sbrugby” Townsend, Brian “Stinger885″ Hastings, Eric “p3achy_keen” Liu, Mike “Schneids” Schneider, and Cole “cts” South. Cardrunners.com, a poker education site, cThose players offer tiTeam CardRunners offers online video lessons, and lessons and advice via hand histories, chats, and blog posts on www.CardRunners.com.
According to a release on their Web site:
Because they are all strong believers in practicing what they preach, the members of Team CardRunners can regularly be found playing in high-stakes ring games and tournaments on www.FullTiltPoker.com. As the newest additions to the Full Tilt Poker pro roster, Team CardRunners join more than 100 other elite pros in representing the world’s second-largest poker room both online and at live events around the world.
“Poker and education go hand in hand,” said Team Full Tilt member Howard Lederer. “I’m thrilled that one of the most innovative poker education sites has joined the team.”
“The biggest names in poker all play at Full Tilt, so it was a natural alignment,” said Taylor Caby, co-founder of CardRunners.com. “I am excited to showcase the CardRunners strategies, secrets, and work ethic in front of Full Tilt’s highly ambitious, extremely loyal player base.”
Here’s a story on www.poker-king.com.
EU may file complaint against U.S. concerning Internet gambling
The European Union launched an investigation Monday into U.S. laws on Internet gambling, according to a story by The Associated Press. European betting companies are complaining that the United States’ actions against them are infringing world trade rules. As a result, the EU may file a complaint ��...full article
The European Union launched an investigation Monday into U.S. laws on Internet gambling, according to a story by The Associated Press.
European betting companies are complaining that the United States’ actions against them are infringing world trade rules.
As a result, the EU may file a complaint at the World Trade Organization in the latest international argument about online gambling.
According to the AP story:
“The U.S. has the right to address legitimate public policy concerns relating to Internet gambling, but discrimination against EU companies cannot be part of the policy mix,” said EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson. He said he hoped the issue could be resolved amicably.
European companies claim a U.S. ban that forced them out of the lucrative American market discriminates against them in violation of WTO rules, while permitting domestic gambling companies, particularly those offering betting on horse races, to flourish.
In 2006, the WTO had ruled against a U.S. ban that stops American banks and credit card companies from processing payments to online gambling businesses outside the country.
In December, Antigua and Barbuda won a ruling against the U.S. in a similar case. The small Caribbean nation won the right to impose yearly sanctions of $21 million (€14 million) against the U.S. for its restrictions on online betting. However, the country was seeing $3.4 billion in damages.
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