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Pokernews.com reports that the million-member Poker Players Alliance has filed a petition with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. This petition seeks to delay implementation of the regulations enacting the 2006 online gaming law, now set for Dec. 1, 2009:
Poker Player Alliance Files Petition to Delay UIGEA Compliance
October 12, 2009
Matthew Kredell
With the date of compliance for the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act less than two months away, and legislation to push back enforcement failing to make progress in Congress, the Poker Players Alliance is trying a new method to delay the deadline.
The PPA filed a petition with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner asking for the date of compliance, which is Dec. 1, to be extended one year under the Administrative Procedure Act.
This may seem like a desperate move -- and it is the time to get
desperate -- but the PPA recruited powerful allies to make a strong
push that should at least get Geithner's attention.
The PPA filed the joint petition along with the National Thoroughbred Racing Association and American Greyhound Track Operators Association. Then 19 Congressmen -- including Finance Services Committee chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.), Homeland Security Committee ranking member Peter King (R-N.Y.), Financial Institutions Subcommittee chairman Luis V. Gutierrez (D-Ill.), Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Subcommittee chairman Melvin Watt (D-N.C.), Domestic Monetary Policy Subcommittee ranking member Ron Paul (R-Tex.) and Oversight Subcommittee ranking member Judy Biggert (R-Ill.) -- wrote Geithner and Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke to support the petition.....
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