Greenstein expects legal online poker for US within 6 months

http://www.pokernews.com/news/2007/10/barry-greenstein-online-poker-to-fully-return.htm

Cliff Notes:

- Barry Greenstein and the PPA went to Congress to lobby recently.

- After the trip he says he expects online poker to be back strong and legal using credit cards and bank accounts within the next 6 months.

- He met with 30-40 congressmen and all but one said they would vote for the bills he (and the PPA) wanted them to vote for.

- Congressmen Barney Frank told Barry that, "as soon as he knows there are enough votes in the Senate to push this thing through, then he'll put it up for the vote."

oh god yes yes yes please

What's the catch?

God bless America.

I hope that the states **cough**WA**cough** will reconsider their laws as well.

Then again, I can see how playing poker is as bad as torturing animals...

is this up for vote some time soon?

Nah. Just paves the way for Google Hold'em. Gov't will probably tax *them* (meaning we'll probably pay a higher overall rake)

Still waiting...

Hopefully it's worth the wait.

epic fail

meh.. not really

nothing wrong with making an incorrect prediction... he could be off by 6 months. let's hope.

we will see...... Confused

actually i thought the House, in the US, was heading to the Supreme Court for a more difinitive definition of what this law even means.

you mean they enact a law without understanding HOW to enforce it....or if they even can? hmmmmm, what a country...no surprise there.

at least something is moving in the direction of regulation/legalization. but, i still feel its a rather long way off. 1-3 years, not months.

It would be great if this finally happens. Although, I've always been worried that a lot of the points raised awhile back in the Great Debate/Great Debate II threads on the PPA forums might ring true in the end. The whole "regulated gaming w/ government oversight may be worse than the gray area status quo we're currently in". Who knows if the anti-poker folks have plans to pass crazy regulation and tax laws after legalizing online poker that, in effect, damages the game more than ever. In reality, I doubt this will occur. Although, the cynic in me wonders why congress is suddenly warming up to this (ie. a possible 6 month time frame? really?) if there isn't something sinister being the scenes.

Congress is warming up to it, because they have a 3 Trillion dollar war they need to pay for.

this email I just got explains 1Billion, now add this up 1000 times and you get 1 Trillion. And we are talking about a war that will be 3 Trillion. It's fucking absurd!!

1Billion=
How many zeros in a billion?

This is too true to be funny.

The next time you hear a politician use the
word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about
whether you want the 'politicians' spending
YOUR tax money.

A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,
but one advertising agency did a good job of
putting that figure into some perspective in
one of it's releases.

A.
A billion seconds ago it was 1959.

B.
A billion minutes ago Jesus (well maybe)was alive.

C.
A billion hours ago our ancestors were
living in the Stone Age.

D.
A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.

E.
A billion dollars ago was only
8 hours and 20 minutes,
at the rate our government
is spending it.

While this thought is still fresh in our brain...
let's take a look at New Orleans ...
It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division.

Louisiana Senator,
Mary Landrieu (D)
is presently asking Congress for
250 BILLION DOLLARS
to rebuild New Orleans . Interesting number...
what does it mean?

A.
Well... if you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans
(every man, woman, and child)
you each get $516,528.

B.
Or... if you have one of the 188,251 homes in
New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787.

C.
Or... if you are a family of four...
your family gets $2,066,012.

Washington, D. C

< HELLO! >
Are all your calculators broken??

Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service charge taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax (Truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax

STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?

Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago...
and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.

We had absolutely no national debt...
We had the largest middle class in the world...
and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

What happened?
Can you spell 'politicians!'

And I still have to
press '1'
for English.

I hope this goes around the
USA
at least 100 times

What the heck happened?????

RON PAUL FTW

RON MOTHERFUCKING PAUL

YET NO ONE SEEMS TO LISTEN NOR CARE

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