If anyone is going to be in the Washington State area and wants to take part in a rally against the poker ban there is a rally scheduled for May 15th.

Lee Rousso's legal case against Washington’s ban on online poker continues with the next hearing scheduled for May 15th. Poker Players Alliance has organized a rally for all supporters of online poker to attend to show support for Rousso.

The rally has received support from poker players Barry Greenstein and Andy Bloch, both pledging to attend the rally.

The rally will take place in Kent, Washington, at the following address:

Maleng Regional Justice Center
401 4th Ave N
Kent, WA, 98032

The rally will take place on May 15th and run from 10:30 A.M. to 11:30 A.M.

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~PokerDawg~
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I would go but I will be nowhere near washington then.

I live no where near there either but I thought there may be some people here that would want to attend.

Perhaps others can spread the word via blogs or whatever and I'm sure some poker players from around there don't know about this and would like to show some strength in numbers by attending the rally.

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~PokerDawg~
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This rally will do nothing but annoy the Government. Thins will not change anytime soon.

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Kickboyswoop

I think this event is targeted specifically to Washington, as there it is illegal even to play poker, online or otherwise. I thought the Pacific Northwest was suposed to be liberal!

It can not effect people that bad. It can not be that bad of a drive from washington to the closest poker room in California

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Kickboyswoop

For me it's less the actual "effect" of the ban and more the idea that the state can ban something that doesn't harm anyone else that you do in the privacy of your own home with other consenting adults. I blows my mind that any 18 year old girl can drive to California and start a pornography career, but it's illegal to spend your own money on a game because it contains an element of chance. Not that I'm for banning porn or anything.

I hear ya clar.

I was playing a poker game at the MGM with a politician who will remain nameless and he said something that made a ton of sense. It had nothing to do with online poker but about legalizing marijuana. I said "so do you think we should legalize it?" and he said "Daniel, I don't understand how tequila is legal and marijuana isn't." Great point. When is the last time you heard of someone smoking pot and causing an awful car accident or beating thier wife?

I think this is along the same lines. I can go to the bar and drink my ass off, potentially killing people on the ride home, but I can't gamble my own hard earned money in the privacy of my own home? I just don't get it.


Also funny story how he knew my name, he bet me like 5/1 that he could guess my name. He did and I paid him. It turned out that when the dealer swiped my players card my name popped up on a little display on the table and he could read it from his seat. When I tried to guess his name I made him show me his I.D. to verify I got it horribly wrong and it said "governor of ******" on it. I asked him about it and he confirmed he was in fact the governor of a US state. Basically he was drinking his ass off all night, checking out women, cracking jokes, and was a cool down to earth guy and I don't wanna out the guy. Politics are ghey ftw.

There are far more dangerous things that are legal than poker. Alcohol does more damage and yet is legal. I would love to see them try to charge every poker player. It's never going to be something they could enforce. They would be able to get a few here or there to try and make a statement, but poker will be around forever.

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~PokerDawg~
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Thats why they aren't going to try.

It is not illegal for me or you to play poker online. It is illegal for banks that do business in the US to do business with the offshore sites as far as I understand it.

If I am wrong someone please correct me.