PPA Comments on Commerce Casino Attack
Written by Roger S | Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Recently, the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) launched a campaign against Commerce Casino which issued a strong statement condemning attempts to legalize online gambling in the United States. The PPA’s PlayersBeforeProfits campaign called for the group’s one million members to sign a petition, asking Commerce Casino to reverse this stance.
The PPA objected to Commerce Casino’s Tom Malkasian making a testimony in the House Financial Services Committee hearing on HR 2267. Malkasian claimed, among other things, that Barney Frank’s HR 2267 to legalize and regulate online gambling “is based on false revenue assumptions.”
In a statement issued by his company, Malkasian said that the “Poker Players Alliance is ignoring the grave threat that the federal and state legislation to legalize online gambling in the USA poses to everyday poker players. America’s poker industry should be united in opposing the Frank and McDermott legislation and keeping American dollars at home.”
“If domestic card casinos do not defend themselves from offshore interests, we stand to lose not only revenue but also the loss of jobs,” continued Malkasian in his statement. “We are against the Frank and McDermott bills. The Poker Players Alliance should be against this, too.”
The Executive Director of the PPA, John Pappas said that Commerce Casino doesn’t want to compete with “existing online operators or Harrah’s or Wynn or Google or anyone else who may get involved in internet gambling. They prefer to have their own fiefdom in California… A lot of lawmakers went out of their way to address their concerns via amendments, yet they still continue to oppose the bill.”
There have been reports that Commerce Casino has been involved in a bid to acquire an exclusive Californian intrastate online poker license, in a joint venture with the Morongo Band of Mission Indians.
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