WEXLER'S POKER BILL SUPPORT GROWING
3 August 2007
Skill Game Protection Act now has 11 co-sponsors
Florida Congressman Robert Wexler's Skill Game
Protection Act, which seeks to obtain a carve-out from
anti-online poker laws in the United States has seen
substantially increased political support since June 27,
with a number of politicians signing up for his proposal
as well as that for Congressman Barney Frank's Internet
Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act for the
regulation and taxation of online gambling.
Since Mississippi Democrat Bennie Thompson signed up as
Wexler's first co-sponsor in June, 11 more
Representatives have put their weight behind the Wexler
proposal, which now lists the following:
Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.)
Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.)
Michael Capuano (D-Mass.)
Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.)
Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.)
John Larson (D-Conn.)
James Moran (D-Va.)
Tim Ryan (D-Ohio)
Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.)
Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.)
Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.)
In a recent and widely read interview with the
publication Poker News, Wexler repeatedly emphasised how
important the support of the poker playing US public was
to a more liberal US government approach to the pastime
of online poker.
Wexler urged US players to contact their political
representatives to protest against the Unlawful Internet
Gambling Enforcement Act and similar attempts to deprive
them of their right to choice on a personal pastime.
Representative Wexler is also a co-sponsor of
Congressman Frank's increasingly popular proposal to
regulate online gambling generally in the USA.
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