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On Tuesday morning, a Harvard law professor and a group of rabid poker players known as the Poker Players Alliance will stage a rally in Boston to protest being branded as criminals. Under new legislation, a Massachusetts House bill would enact penalties of $25,000 and 2 years in jail for those caught gambling online, even in the privacy of their own home. |
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A Message from John Cleese (British comedian)
To: The citizens of the United States of America:
In light of your failure to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas, which she does not fancy). Your new prime minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a governor for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed. To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect: You should look up 'revocation' in the Oxford English Dictionary. |
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A least 30 Manitoba poker players charged after a gambling raid earlier this year have elected to fold their cards and take Manitoba justice officials up on a controversial plea bargain.
The large group of accused made their intentions known during a brief court appearance today. They will enroll in a "positive lifestyles" program through the Salvation Army, with the Crown promising to drop charges upon completion. Their next court appearance is slated for February.
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Now it's poker players who are getting into the congressional lobbying game. Next week, nearly 100 members of the Poker Players Alliance will mass on Capitol Hill to press lawmakers not to outlaw online poker playing. Last year, Congress passed an anti-Internet gambling measure, and federal regulators are now assembling the rules to put the law into effect. The House Judiciary and Financial Services committees also have e-gambling on their agendas. |
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Poker players pining for a return of Internet gaming now have the law on their side. Harvard Law, that is. A pair of top Harvard Law School professors have taken up an unlikely cause - the legalization of online poker.
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