If you play online, PLEASE do your part...

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The Background

H.R. 4411, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives very convincingly, 317-93. The bill now may be passed by the U.S. Senate. Click here to read PocketFives' response to the passage of this bill. We've made it through the summer without the legislation being brought up in the Senate. In light of recent events including the arrest of Sportsbook.com CEO Peter Dicks, we have decided to take action. The threat to online poker is real.


What We're Doing

On Tuesday, September 12, 2006, from 9:00am ET until 5:30pm ET, PocketFives.com and the Poker Players Alliance will be co-sponsoring the Phone March on Washington.


How You Can Stop This Legislation

Talk about the Phone March when you play this weekend. Inform fellow poker players who do not understand how real this threat is. Have them visit the official site, www.pocketfives.com/phonemarch for the phone number and talking points.

On Tuesday from 9:30 ET to 5:30pm ET, we encourage everyone to call 800-289-1136. This is a FREE phone call and will connect you directly to your Senators' offices. You will be connected to one of your two Senators' offices. Here are some talking points for you to use:

1. I am voter in your state.

2. I strongly oppose any legislation that would prohibit online poker, and urge the Senator to vote against such legislation.

3. Poker is a skill game enjoyed by 70 million Americans.

4. The Senator should seek to regulate online poker much like the government regulates other forms of gaming, like lotteries.

5. Prohibitions don’t work. Any legislation that tries to ban online poker will only drive those players underground.

6. Again, I urge the Senator to oppose any attempts to prohibit me from playing the great American game of poker on the Internet.

Together, we need to help keep the current bill in Congress, H.R. 4411, controversial. Doing this will prevent it from being passed. This means YOU can continue to enjoy online poker in the United States.

Questions?

If you have any questions or can help us reach more online poker players, please e-mail me at dan@pocketfives.com. We cannot make this effort a success without your help.

Yeah, let's promote more gambling! Let's make it easier for people.

Can we get one of these started for prostitution in November?

Gambling and prostitution are certainly analogous in every sense. After all, you can easily get someone pregnant or spread deadly diseases while placing a $5 bet.

As long as the lottery is legal, there is no legal precedent for outlawing online gaming, as long as it's regulated.

Also, nothing about this is promoting more gambling or making it easier for people. It's about protecting what already exists.

Also, the only reason I've been able to do increasingly more with my record label from year to year is because of my poker earnings.

So depending on what you think of that, you should get out there and campaign for or against this legislation with even more fervor.

I'm game!

throw in weed and over the counter valium and it'll be a party march.

Let's be roomies!

I'm almost wondering if that's sarcasm or not.

Seriously, a lot of us play online just for fun. If they pass this bill, they're gonna kill our sites. Like the speaking points said, it'll just drive it underground anyway. Most importantly, I got ninth in a 2000 person freeroll last week and won $2.30. I've since turned that into $8.60 playing 50 cent tournaments. Kill the bill or you're endangering my retirement.

Yea, we should find a third.

Frig', if Peter Dicks can't get his poker going, what's the world coming to?

If they outlaw online poker I'll be pissed.