The Poker
Players Alliance (PPA) is a non-profit membership
organization comprised of online and offline poker
players. Our membership consists of enthusiasts
from around the United States who have joined
together to speak with one voice to promote the
game and protect the right to play poker in all
its forms.
The PPA?s
mission is to establish favorable laws that
provide poker players with a secure, safe and
regulated place to play. Through education and
awareness the PPA will keep this game of skill,
one of America?s oldest recreational activities,
free from egregious government intervention and
misguided laws.
The Threat Is
Real
Even as public support for poker grows and
interest in the game expands through televised
celebrity matches and other events, several states
and localities are making changes to laws that
encroach on poker players? abilities to play
online, at home, in bars or taverns, and even at
charity events across the country. Moreover, some
at the federal level have dedicated themselves to
putting an end to interactive poker. In 2006, in
the dark of night, Congress passed legislation
which seeks to keep you from playing poker over
the Internet. This misguided law can be curtailed,
and the PPA is working right now with Congress to
establish new laws that clarify the legal status
of poker and establish licensed and regulated
Internet poker in the U.S.
The PPA
understands that over-zealous, big government
policies start out as seemingly small,
insignificant steps. But if left unchallenged,
such policies would guarantee that poker players
from Bakersfield, California to Bangor, Maine,
would be at risk of losing their freedom to play
poker.
Playing Our Best
Hand
The Poker
Players Alliance is committed to defending the
rights of poker players. On behalf of our broad
membership, we will promote and protect poker
through advocacy work in Washington, D.C., and
throughout the nation. The Poker Players Alliance
will work with key lawmakers to ensure a
thoughtful and productive dialogue that represents
everyone who enjoys and wants to protect the
game.
But the
Poker Players Alliance?s most powerful resource is
its membership base, the players. Through our Web
site, www.theppa.org, and through direct contact
with our members, the Poker Players Alliance is
empowering poker players and enthusiasts to
deliver positive messages about the game and why
it should be protected to federal, state, and
local elected representatives.
