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The appearance of the Poker Player’s Alliance at the Conservative Political Action Conference last month is a sure sign that efforts to regulate online casinos in the United States is getting serious.  The Poker Players Alliance appearance in Washington is until know unprecedented. 

It was a very smart move from the Poker Player’s Alliance on behalf of online casinos.  Conservatives and the Republican party placed themselves in direct opposition to online casinos by placing anti internet gambling language in their party platform last year.  In order to get online casinos regulated, lobbyists will need support of some conservatives.  It just so happens that the Conservative Political Action Conference is among the largest gatherings for American conservatives.

“We are big enough that we belong there,” proclaimed Rich Muny, the Poker Player’s Alliance State Director for Kentucky.

“We've had a couple years' worth of growth and won several recent court cases. We didn’t even exist when social conservatives planted their flag and said that conservatives oppose online poker. There is a legitimate part of conservatism that would support the right to play.”

The main focus of the Poker Player’s Alliance is not necessarily to regulate full online casinos but to at least get online poker regulated.  It has long been believed that legalizing and regulating online casinos would start with online poker as online poker has a lot more leverage, being a game of skill.

At the conference, the Poker Player’s Alliance distributed two sided hand out that explained how protecting the rights of poker players would appeal to the Republican agenda. Such reasons as limited government and personal responsibility were among the listed reasons.

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