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Will Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Push Federal Online Poker Legislation in 2012?
For a guy expected to be the key politician involved in eventually getting Internet poker legislation passed in the United States, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has never said much on the topic.
Congressmen Joe Barton and Barney Frank are ambassadors for the cause, having given countless interviews on poker, including with PokerNews.com. They openly campaign for support.
Reid apparently does his campaigning in private. Earlier this week, he gave a rare public comment to GamblingCompliance.com when asked about the DOJ's recent opinion on the Wire Act.
"It'll give us an incentive...
More important is the fact that France took barely six months to put in place a full framework that is bricking gold bars as far as revenue goes. It is not perfect, some fixes have to be added, but it is in place and working really well.
It is fair to say that this pragmatic & quick french legislation put France ahead of slower countries, stealing pole position from Britain which is best illustrated by the fact that the World Series of Europe installed itself in Cannes for the next seven years.
The current Poker Prohibition in the U.S. is, at best, ill though out, and at worse totally retarded, forcing some of the best poker players in the world (living in the U.S.) to emigrate OUT of the U.S. to practice a legal profession.
flintsword
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01-20-2012 12:58
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