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Article: Poker Players Decry Attempt to Sneak Internet Gambling Legislation Into DoD Bill.
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- September 22, 2006
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to reports that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) is attempting to add Internet gambling prohibition legislation to the Department of Defense (DoD) Authorization bill ("US lawmakers seek online gambling bill compromise," Reuters, Sept. 21), Michael Bolcerek, president of the Poker Players Alliance, a grass roots organization of more than 110,000 members, released the following statement:
"We are strongly opposed to the Internet gambling legislation being included in the DoD Authorization bill. The prohibition bill is tremendously bad public policy, and the way in which some members of the Senate have ...