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Top Washington Lobbyist Hired By P.p.a.
Campaign to legalise online poker goes up a gear
The U.S. pressure group Poker Players' Alliance, which seeks to
legalise online poker through regulation or securing a "carve-out"
from current prohibitionary laws in America has upped its game with
the appointment of the registered Washington DC lobbying and law
firm Barnes & Thornburg.
The Politico reports that according to a filing with the Senate
secretariate Barnes & Thornburg is providing "general government
representation including, but not limited to, legislative and regulatory
initiatives involving internet gaming."
The appointment is further evidence of an increase in momentum
from the PPA, which earlier this year took on the experienced government
liaison executive John Pappas as a vice president and first permanent
employee in the Alliance's D.C. office (see previous InfoPowa report).
Barnes & Thornburg's other clients include various local boards
of commissioners as well as the Bad River Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and the Mashpee
Wampanoag Tribe. In 2006, lobbying revenue totaled more than $2
million.
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