Article: Poker Players Alliance Hosts First Annual Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.

To: LEGAL AFFAIRS EDITORS

Contact: Lisa Friel, +1-703-618-1998, or Gregory Vistica, +1-202- 215-8198, mediarsvp@pokerplayersalliance.org, both of Poker Players Alliance

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The world's top professional poker players, poker enthusiasts and industry leaders will converge on Capitol Hill next week for two days of meetings on Oct. 23 and 24 to discuss the future of Internet gaming.

The Poker Players Alliance, which has more than 800,000 members nationwide, is hosting the Washington "fly-in" to raise awareness and support for several legislative proposals that seek to license, regulate and control Internet poker and clarify poker as a game of skill.

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